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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 455
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| TAKING TRASHBAG OUT AND PIECE OF GLASS IN BAG CUT LOWER ARM LACERATION LOWER ARM # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 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: 07/19/2006 | 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 Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 25 YO TAKING PLASTIC TRASH BAG OUT CUT FOREARM ON GLASS LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| SUPERFICIAL L FOREARM LACERATION WITH REPAIR: L INDEX FINGER LACERATION WITH REPAIR:MOVING PLASTIC BAGS W/GLASS ONTO TRUCK, GLASS FELL, HIT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT LACERATED FOREARM ON BROKEN GLASS THAT WAS IN A PLASTIC BAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | 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 Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| STATES HE CUT ARM ON A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH BAG DX RT LOWER ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2000 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/1998 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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