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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 854
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 78 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 |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG. DX- L HIP FRACTURE # |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/28/2008 | Age: 39 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 |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG IN YARD AT HOME SIMPLY HAD FOOT SLIP FO RWARD JAMMING HER BACK W IMMED LBP D DISCAL BULGE W DISCOGENIC PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PUT ROLL OF DOLLAR BILLS IN BAGGY UP RECTUM AND CANNOT REMOVE IT NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Foods |
| CARRYING BAGS OF FOOD, TWISTED HIP. DX LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| STRAINED LOWER BACK PICKING UP GARBAGE BAGS ON SIDE OF ROAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| BACK WENT OUT WHILE TYING A GARBAGE BAG. DX. BACK PAIN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| SPRAIN BACK.PT.REFERS WHILE PICKING UP ICE BAG(PLASTIC) FROM FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT WAS WALKING BACKWARDS TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG AND LANDED DIRECTLY ONTO BUTTOCKS CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 79YOF WAS DOING YARDWORK AT HOME WAS LIFTING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF LEAVES,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags, Other unpowered garden tools |
| CONTUSION LOW BACK - 23 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH LOWER RIGHT LUMBAR PAIN FROM RAKING LEAVES - SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND LANDED ON BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PATIENT STATES HURT BACK LIFTING *** BAGS. DX; SPRAIN TO LUMBAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 29YOF AT HOME DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING HEAVY PLASTIC GARBAGE BAGS;LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags, Aspirin substitutes |
| SENT IN FROM JAIL FOR EVALUATION STATUS POST INSERTION OF PLASTIC BAG F ILLED WITH *** TABS INTO RECTUM, +BLEEDIN TRYING TO REMOVE>>FB REMOV |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT SLIPPED & FELL WHILE WALKING ON THE STORE. SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG. L UMBER SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 86 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 |
| FELL DRAGGING PLASTIC TRASH BAG/HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 40 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PLASTIC BAG, COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP >>BMS:BACK MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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