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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,231
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 22 YOF SEATBELTED DRIVER SWERVED TO MISS A BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD & WENT INTO A DITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| FOREIGN BODY OF THE VAGINA- CARDBOARD REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 22 YOF HAD BOX FALL ON HEAD CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Cardboard products, Trash compactors |
| LEFT EYE FB. PT WAS PUTTING CARDBOARD BOXES IN TRASH COMPACTOR AND GOT A PIECE IN EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 25 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| MOVING AND LIFTING BOXES AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT HAD A BOX FALL OFF A SHELF AND HIT ON HEAD; STRAIN NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| MOVING CARDBOARD BOXES CUT ARM ON BOX- DX LAC TO FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| INJ PICKING UP BOX; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT CUT FINGER WHILE TAKING BOX OUT OF CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 22 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: Cardboard products |
| LIFTED BOX AT HOME- TWISTED BACK-LOWER BACK PAIN, BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| SPRAIN RT ANKLE, WAS CARRYING A BOX WHILE MOVING TO HER NEW APARTMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 16YOF- LBP SINCE LIFTING FOOD BOXES YESTERDAY. DX: LUMBAR PARASPIRALMUS CLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cardboard products, Gasoline |
| 18-YOM SUSTAINED A BURN OF HIS FOREARM FROM A GASOLINE SOAKED CARDBOARD BOX AT A BONFIRE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 19 Y/O W/M WAS CUTIING CARDBOARD BOX WITH A UTILITY KNIFE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT. WAS USING A BOX OF PLASTIC WRAP, CUT HER FINGER ON THE CUTTERLACERA TION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2002 | 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: Cardboard products |
| 25 YOF C/O UPPER AND LOWER BACK PAIN LIFTING BOXESDX: A/P THORASIC STRA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| WAS THROWING SOME CARDBOARD OUT & HIT HER RT EYE W/ IT. CORNEAL AB RT E YE@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| LACERATION TO HAND FROM BOX CUTTER WHEN CUTTING BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Metal containers |
| 22 YOF HURT NECK & BACK WHEN PUTTING A CASE OF BABY MILK IN CAR. DX: CERVICAL SPRAIN & BACK SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT BENT OVER PICKING UP AN EMPTY CARDBOARD BOX. STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| WAS HELPING MOTHER MOVE BOXES TO A NEW HOME, SAT DOWN TO DINNER & FELT PAIN WHEN SHE TRIED TO GET UP. ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT BURNED ON ELBOW AND ARM WHEN FRIEND LIT PIZZA BOX ON FIRE, ASHES GOT ON PATIENT'S ARM, F DEPT. NOT MENTIONED; 1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Floors or flooring materials |
| RIGHT KNEE SPR. PT SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2002 | Age: 18 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: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 18 YO F CUTTING CARDBOARD W/BOX OPENER CUT THIGH LAC THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| LIFTING HEAVY BOXES AND HEARD POP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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