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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,175
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2004 | Age: 16 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 |
| PICKED UP BOX --HURT BACK DX LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2004 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT MOVING CARDBOARD BOXES AND DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT INJURED NECK LIFTING HEAVY BOXES. DX NECK SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| GOT DIZZY AND FELL AND HIT NOSE ON BOX CONTUSING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT WAAS STRUCK HEAD WITH A MILK CARTON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 25 YO MALE BOX VS. HAND DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DROPPED HEAVY BOX DX CONTUSION LEFT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 23 Y/O B/FM RECEIVED LOWER BACK PAIN WHEN PICKED UP A BOX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DROPPED HEAVY BOX ON HAND WHILE MOVING DX CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STATES HE WAS CARRYING BOXES AND INJURED BACK DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STATES HE PUNCHED A BOX OUT OF ANGER DX RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Glass bottles or jars |
| PT CARRYING A CARDBOARD BOX WHEN THE BOTTOM BROKE OPEN AND A GLASS BOTT LE FELL AND SHATTERED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2004 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT MOVING SOME HEAVY BOXES AT HOME AND FELT A POP IN LOWER BACK LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT WAS LIFITING A HEAVY BOX AND FELT LOWER BACK PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Cardboard products, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT HAD A BOX FALL OFF OF THE TOP OF A CABINET AND HIT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2004 | Age: 18 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 |
| LUMBAR STR . PT WAS TEARING APART A CARDBOARD BOX AND INJURED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT S/P MOVING BOXES AND BOX FELL ONTO RT FOOT C/O PAIN RT FOOT CONTUSIO N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Stairs or steps |
| PT CARRYING BOXES DOWNSTAIRS ROLLED ONTO RT ANKLE FALLING DOWN 3 STAIRS NO LOC RT FOOT SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| SLIPPED, FELL ON BOX, HURT ANKLE DX: L ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO GOT CARDBOARD CUT TO R THUMB. DX. SKIN INFECTION R THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK BY CARDBOARD PRODUCT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2004 | Age: 16 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, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| LUMBAR STRAIN, INJURED BACK AT HOME LIFTING A BOX OF BOOKS WHILE MOVING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2004 | Age: 23 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 |
| PT WAS LIFTING A BIG BOX WHICH SLIPPED CUTTING RT ARM C/O PAIN RT LOWER ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT FOLDING CARDBOARD AND HEARD THUMB SNAP/POP; THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2004 | Age: 24 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, Paper products |
| DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: CARRYING BOX OF PAPER PLATES, TRIPPED AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN FELL OVER A BOX AT A STORE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Cardboard products, Trash compactors |
| PT PULLING EMPTY CARDBOARD BOXES INTO A COMPACTOR AND ONE FELL AND STRU CK HER EYE DX CONJUNCTIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT HELPED SOMEONE MOVE SOME BOXES NOW HAS NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT SUST INJURY TO RIBS LIFTING BOXES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 25 Y/O B/FM RECEIVED TENDONITIS TO RIGHT HAND WHEN A BOX OF DOUGH FELL ON HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT MOVED A BUNCH OF BOXES DURING A MOVE C/O RT SHOULDER PAIN WITH A BUM P RT CLAVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| WAS MOVING BOXES AND INJURED KNEE DX LT KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products, House repair or construction materials |
| PT WAS MOVING A BOX SLIPPED ON ICE LANDING ON A METAL STRUCTURE LOW BAC K CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STATES SHE FELL ON WRIST AFTER TRIPPING OVER BOXES DX LT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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