Accidents - Plastic bags - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,702
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	241
Year 1998:	93
Year 1999:	84
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	99
Year 2003:	147
Year 2004:	200
Year 2005:	83
Year 2008:	75
Year 2009:	228
Year 2010:	380

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	296
26-50 years old:	470
50+ years old:	935

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/05/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
22YOM FELL WHILE BRINGING IN THE GROCERY BAGS DX;* (R) MID BACK CONT USION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2010	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
73YOF HAS BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING HEAVY GROCERY BAGS DX;# THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 92 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
92YOF DOING SHOPPING AND WHILE CARRYING PLASTIC BAGS OF GROCERIES STRAI NED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
78 YOM, RIB CONTUSION, SP FALLING DOWN BUS STAIRS 3 DAYS PRIOR WHILE CA RRYING GROCERY BAGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2010	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
29 YOF WAS GETTING INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND SLID ON A PLASTI C BAG/ CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
57 YOF RT SIDED RIB PAIN AFTER DRAGGING GARBAGE BAG TO CURB DX##: RT RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
57YOF BENT OVER TO LIFT TRASH BAG AND HURT BACK THORACIC SPINE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
56YOF LIFTED HEAVY GROCERY BAGS & INJURED BACK DX;* THOR ACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG AND FELL ONTO FLOOR AT HOME DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Clothing
PT SUSTAINED BACK SPRAIN WHEN LIFING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF CLOTHES@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
18 YO M THORACIC SPRAIN TWISTED CARRYING GROCERY BAGS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
44YOM TRIPPED OVER PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG AT HOME FELL STRIKING RIBS; RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
STRAIN CHEST.PT.REFERS WHILE CARRYING GROCERY BAG(PLASTIC BAG)HEAVY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
62 YOM LIFTING 40 POUND BAGS OF SOIL AT HOME AND STRAINS CHEST MUSCLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2005	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
C/O PT WENT TO PUT TRASH BAG IN DUMPSTER AND SIDE STARTED HURTING DX RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT TYING UP TRASH BAG TURNED AND FELL LANDED ON RT SIDE AND BACK RT RIB CONTUSION, THORAIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags
1 DEGREE BURNS FACE & CHEST; WAS MAKING HOMEMADE BOMB OF ACETYLENE/O2/ PLASTIC BAG(TYPE N) & IT EXPLODED. NO FD INFO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER - HURT RIBS - ACUTE RIB CAGE STRAIN
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: 12/03/2003	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: 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: 12/09/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
HIT IN UPPER BACK WITH A FILLED PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG AT SCHOOL DX: UPPER BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	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, Paper products
BACK CT-SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG HOLDING HIS NEWSPAPER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
PAIN WHILE CARRYING OUT A PLASTIC BAG OF GARBAGE DX. CP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2001	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/1999	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/1999	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/1998	Age: 50 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/1998	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Paper products
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/1997	Age: 43 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/1997	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/1997	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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