Accidents - Plastic bags - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,221
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	47
6-15 years old:	378
16-25 years old:	244
26-50 years old:	1,467
50+ years old:	1,084

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Finger:	440	Lower Leg:	422
Lower Trunk:	305	Wrist:	211
Internal:	206	Knee:	188
Shoulder:	187	Eyeball:	161
Lower Arm:	160	Ankle:	155
Toe:	152	Upper Trunk:	147
Hand:	101	Upper Leg:	85
Mouth:	77	Elbow:	69
Upper Arm:	61	Foot:	28
Head:	22	Face:	16
Unkown:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT LEG ON A PEICE OF GLASS STICKING THROUGH PLASTIC BAG LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
LIFTING PLASTIC BAGS OF SALT - HURT RIBS - CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PT STATES YESTERDAY HE BENT OVER AND DEVELOPED PAIN LEFT LOWER BACK PIC KING UP A GARBAGE BAG LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
F.B INGESTION. PT INGETED COCAINE IN *** PLASTIC BAG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
CMPD FX LUMBAR AREA; @ HOME, SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG & FELL TO FLOOR LAN DING ON BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
STRAINED CHEST WHEN CARRYING PLASTIC BAG OF POTATOS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT. WAS CARRYING OUT A BAG OF TRASH, CUT HER FINGER ON SOMETHING IN THE BAG - LAC. FINGER 1.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
39YOM-INGESTED HERION BAG-WHILE RUNNING FROM POLICE-SWALLOWED BAGS 2 HO URS AGO
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Plastic bags
SUBCONJUCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE R EYE; POKED WITH CORNER OF PLASTIC BAG ACCID ENTALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT SCRATCHED ON EYE BY PLASTIC BAG, EYE WATERY; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AT SUPERMARKET C/O HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
LOW BACK STRAIN. PT WAS MOVING HEAVY PLASTICS BAGS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Light bulbs
PT FELL INTO A GARBAGE BAG WITH A BROKEN LIGHTBULB IN IT. DX HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Containers
DX:R HAND PAIN. RIPPING APART PLASTIC BAGS AND MOVING BOXES WHEN HAD PA IN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
STEPPED ON TRASH BAG AND CUT TOE ON GLASS INSIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON PLASTIC GROCERY BAG HIT FLOOR AND CONTUSED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
FX L FIBULA; SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG & FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CHILD TAKING OUT GARBAGE WHEN BROKEN GLASS INSIDE PLASTIC BAG LACERATED THIGH. D: THIGH LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
AT CAMPGROUND YESTERDAY EVENING RUNNING ON GRASS, SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG ON GROUND INJURING ANKLE. DX ACUTE RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
78 Y/O M INJURED R SHOULDER WHEN LIFTING HEAVY PLASTIC TRASH BAG AT HOM E. DX; R SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
PT CAUSED TRAUMA TO HIS RIBS AS HE WAS TOSSING BAGS OF TRASH FROM THE OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. DX. TRAUMA RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT PLAYING WITH PLASTIC CLOSE TIE FROM BURGER BUN BAG CUT LEFT ARMLAC F OREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT SHULDER SPASM AFTER LILFTING A BAG OUT OF A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
FELL ON A PLASTIC BAG SHOPPING IN A GROCERY STORE LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PAPTIENT PICKED UP GARBAGE BAGS AND SPRAINED HIS SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Doorsills or frames
58 YOF GOT FEET CAUGHT IN HANDLE OF PLASTIC BAG & STRUCK ARM ON DOOR JA MB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
LOW BACK PAIN-SINCE SHE BENT OVER TO P/U A PLASTIC BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH A PLASTIC BAG. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
LAC RT LOWER LEG ON PIECE OF GLASS TODAY (INSIDE GARBAGE BAG)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT LEG ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
LACERATION TOE - PATIENT REPORTS SHE HIT HER FOOT AGAINST A PLASTIC BAG AND CUT LEFT LITTLE ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN BAG - AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plastic bags
10 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BAG OF ICE DURING MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
TOE CAUGHT IN PLASTIC BAG SPRAIN TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT WAS POKD IN RT EYE WITH A PLASTIC BAG DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT CAUGHT HER LEG ON A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS THAT WAS HANGING OUT OF A PLASTIC TRASH BAG. LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PT INJURED BACK CARRYING A GARBAGE BAG; STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT BY SOME GLASS IN PLASTIC TRASH BAG DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags, Baby bottles or nipples
WHILE AT A BABY SHOWER PT BEGAN CHOKING WHILE CHEWING ON A PLASTIC BAG AROUND A BOTTLE. D: CHOKING ; POSSIBLE ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
LT HAND CT-CARRYING SEVERAL PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS-HIT HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
RT KNEE LAC-CUT ON GLASS IN PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
F.B. THROAT. PT CHOKED ON POTATO CHIPS EATEN OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT WAS CUT BY GLASS IN PLASTIC TRASH BAG. DX: 7 CM L LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plastic bags
RECENT PUNCTURE WOUND, INFECTED DISTAL PHALANX, CLEANED OUT BASEMENT, REACHED INTO GARBAGE BAG AND PUNCTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
53 YOM WAS CARRYING A PLASTIC BAG OF ICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT PICKED UP BAG OF POTTING SOIL AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX: FRACTURE TO LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT WAS CUT ON SHARD OF GLASS PROTRUDING THROUGH PLASTIC BAG WHILE CLEANING. DX: R THIRD FINGER LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT THUMB ON SOMETHING SHARP IN PLASTIC BAG WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH.DX; LACERATION THUMB. WHILE CAMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
WAS PUSHING ON GARBAGE BAG-LAC LT SMALL FINGER ON PIECE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
RT KNEE CT-AT HOME-FEET TANGLED IN PLASTIC BAG-FELL-HIT WOODEN LOCKER & FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
STATES HE WAS TAKING OUT TRASH AND BAG BROKE AND SOMETHING IN IT CUT HIS LEG DX LT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plastic bags
SUSTAINED NEEDLE STICK RT FOREARM FROM NEEDLE THAT WAS IN GARBAGE BAG P LACED OUT FOR COLLECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
CAUGHT FOOT IN A PLASTIC BAG-FELL SPRAIN BILATERAL KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
ARM PAIN SINCE CARRYING HEAVY BAGS ON 4/30. DX L WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT CUT HAND ON GLASS IN THE TRASH BAG AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Plastic bags
PT DX LT SHOULDER DISLOCATION - S/P PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG;C/O LT SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
BROKEN GLASS IN A PLASTIC TRASH BAG POKED THROUGH LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
DX:SWALLOWED CRACK COCAINE. SWALLOWED A *** OF CRACK COCAINE WHILE BEIN G ARRESTED.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags
STEPPED ON A THORN AND MOM GOT IT OUT. BROUGHT THORN WITH HER IN A PLASTIC BAG. 1CM A TINY PIECE STILL IN. DX. FB IN RIGHT HEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Clothing
INJURED LOW BACK 11/2 WEEKS AGO WHEN PICKED UP 1G. HEAVY GARBAGE BAG FU LL OF CLOTHES. ACUTE SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
F.B. INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED A PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING COCAINE. LEFT AMA THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL MOVE BY PT.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PLASTIC BAG PT WAS CARRYING GOT CAUGHT ON CAR MIRROR & BENT WRIST/FINGE R. ACUTE FX RMF & RT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT STEPPED ON A BAG THAT HAD BROKEN GLASS IN IT. DX FOOT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
11 YO F STEPPED ON PLASTIC BAG WHICH CONTAINED GLASS LAC FOOT,EXCEPT TOES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
HIT IN ANKLE BY PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG DX: LACERATION TO ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Drinking glasses
CUT LEG ON A BROKEN GLASS IN PLASTIC TRASH BAG DX. LOWER LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT HAD A SACK IN HER HAND, LAUGHING, SUCKED A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plastic bags
RE-INJURED FINGER CARRYING A PLASTIC BAG RIGHT 4TH FINGER PUNCTURE OPEN WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT STATES SMALL PEICE OF PLASTIC BAG IN THROAT SUSPECTED UPPER ESOPHAG EAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
USED PLASTIC *** TO COVER MANNEQUIN'S MOUTH IN CPR CLASS WOKE WITH SWOL LEN LIPS ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
71 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX FEMUR. PT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
LEFT KNEE ABRASION. SLIPPED ON AN OLD *** CHIP BAG AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT FOUND WITH PLASTIC BLUE BAG IN MOUTH CHOKING PULLED OUT BY DAD/USEDT O DISTRIBUTE HEROIN IN NEIGHBOHOOD, FB/REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
50 YO MALE SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND FELL TO FLOOR MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG, FELL ONTO LT ARM DX: CLOSED FX PROXIMAL LT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT HIT IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC TRASH BAG DX CONT EYE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT ATE A SMALL PIECE OF CLEAR PLASTIC BAG, FB INGESTION IN ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Footwear
PATIENT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG 1 WEEK AGO INJURING WRIST, FELL OVER A SHOE AT CHURCH TODAY; WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT TOOK A TRASH BAG OUT TO DUMPSTER AND LID CAM E DOWN ON SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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