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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,555
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| DX L THUMB STRAIN: DROP'D CARDBOARD BOX ONTO THUMB, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CARDBOARD BOX SNAPPED BACK AND HIT PTS EYE 2 DAYS AGO, CONTUSION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20 YO LIFTING BOXES INJURED BACK STRAIN BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 23 YO M LUMBAR STRAIN INJURED HELPING FREIND MOVE BOXES* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT STATES FELT A POP IN BACK WHILE MOVING BOXES DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Saws |
| PT WORKING ON ENGINEERING PROJECT FOR CLASS AND CUT FINGER W SAW DX: FI NGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 18 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUTTING BOX OPEN WITH UTILITY KNIFE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| FELL AT HOME MOVING BOXES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 21 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 |
| PT INJURED BACK LIFTING BOXES DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 21 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 STRAINED LOWER BACK WHEN PICKED UP HEAVY BOX AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT STATES WAS SLIDING DOWN A HILL ON A PIECE OF BOX DX LOWER TRUNK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| PT WAS AT HOME MOVING A HEAVEY BOX, CAUSING A STRAIN TO LWR BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | 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 INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING BOXES DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PATIENT WAS FOLDING BOXES WHILE HELPING A FRIEND MOVE, PUNCHED A BOX WITH HIS RT FIST, FELT A POP & THEN HAD PAIN. DX-RT 2ND METACARPAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| LIFTING BOXES AND INJ ARM RESULTING IN DVT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THE FINGER WHEN INJURED WHILE LIFTED HEAVY BOXES.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Public equipment |
| LIFTING 10# BOXES OFF CONVEYOR AND TURNING TO THROW IN TRUCK.STRAIN LUM BAR AND THORACIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 22 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: Cardboard products |
| MOVING BOXES AND PULLED BACK STRAINING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT STATES FELT A POP IN HAND WHILE LIFTING BOXES DX RT HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| PT HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING AND PACKING MANY BOXES AND TWISTED NECK. DX: ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN/SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF CARDBOARD CANDY BOX. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| CUT TO FINGER ON CARDBOARD BOX DX: FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT STATES WAS CARRYING BOXES AND FELL DX NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 19 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, Furniture |
| PT WAS MOVING BOXES AND HIT KNEE ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE DX RT KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| LAC TO FINGER, WAS @ HOME CARRYING REFRIGERATOR BOX, SLIT FINGER AS HE SET BOX DOWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cardboard products, Foods |
| WAS LIFTING A 5 LB BOX OF HAMBURGERS, AND FELT HER SHOULDER POP, SHE IS A GROUP HOME. DX; SHOULDER PAIN / INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| 25 YO F STRAINED SHOULDER AFTER LIFTING BOXES WHILE HELPING FRIEND MOVE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT WAS GOING DOWN SKI HILL IN CARDBOARD BOX AND HIT BERM. DX: CONCUSS ION. PT WAS IN CARDBOARD BOX SLED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cardboard products, Knives with replaceable blades |
| L THUMB LAC/24YOF AT HOME WAS OPENING A BOX OF PANCAKES USING AN ***KNI FE AND CUT L THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 18 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products, Public equipment |
| 18 YO M THORACIC STRAIN TWISTED BACK WHEN BOX HE WAS PUTTING ON CONVEYOR BELT SLIPPED* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 20 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 |
| PT INJURED BACK PICKING UP SOME BOXES DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT WAS AT HOME, TRIED TO JUMP OVER A BOX, FELL CAUSING A DISLOCATION TO RT PATELLA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 25 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: Cardboard products |
| BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX AND INJ BOX RESULTING IN LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT LIFTED HEAVY BOX IN STORE YESTERDAY AND INJURED SHOULDER DX// RIGHT SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2008 | Age: 25 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: Cardboard products |
| 25 YO M LOW BACK PAIN STARTED 3 DAYS AGO AFTER HELPING BROTHER MOVE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Cardboard products |
| PT INJURED CHEST LIFTING A 250 LB BOX AT HOME TODAY DX// CHEST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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