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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 684
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG & FELL IN FLOOR, HURT WRIST & ELBOW DX FOREARM FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags, Drinking glasses |
| PT TAKING OUT PLASTIC TRASH BAG @ HOME HAD LAC ON R MIDDLE FINGER FROM BROKEN DRINKING GLASSIN TRASH BAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags, Desk supplies |
| FB EAR, SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG AND RUBBER BAND REMOVED FROM EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| LACERATION LT.WRIST.PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT PLASTIC BAG,CUT WRIST WI TH A PIECE OF GLASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| CUT FOOT ON TRASH IN PLASTIC BAG/FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags, Cabinet or door hardware |
| 24 YOF WAS STRUCK ON LEFT EYEBROW BY A DOORKNOB THAT FLEW OUT OF PLASTI C BAG BEING SWUNG BY HUSBAND, PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT GOT GLASS IN FOOT WHEN WALKED OUTSIDE BAREFOOTED TO TAKE OUT TRASH BAG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags, Unpowered coffee makers or teapots |
| PT RECEIVED LACERATION TO LOWER LEG WHEN CUT ON BROKEN COFFEE DECANTER IN TRASH BAG AT HOME. WAS TAKING TRASH BAG OUT HOUSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| CARRIED HOME APPROXIMATELY 100 LBS OF GROCERIES IN PLASTIC BAGS WITH HA NDLES CONSTRICTING FINGER CAUSING NUMBNESS AND NERVE COMPRESSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT GOT PEICE OF GLASS IN FOOT WHEN TAKING OUT TRASH BAG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 24 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, Stairs or steps |
| STRAINS LOWER BACK WHILE CARRYING PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS UP STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Plastic bags, Illegal drugs |
| PT SWALLOWED A *** WITH COCAINE IN IT - PT GIVEN CHARCOAL/ *** |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/07/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Plastic bags, Illegal drugs |
| PT SWALLOWED *** BAG OF COCAINE ON TUESDAY. D:FOREIGN BODY INGESTION N |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| SLIPPED ON A TRASH BAG. DX ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2007 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags, Stairs or steps |
| CARRYING SEVERAL PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS BY THE HANDLE AND BAGS STRUCK STE PS AND TWISTED HAND TENDONITIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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