Accidents - Plastic bags - 26-50 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,510
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	721	Eyeball:	552
Finger:	217	Neck:	148
Hand:	102	Lower Leg:	100
Shoulder:	98	Ankle:	97
Wrist:	82	Upper Trunk:	77
Face:	75	Toe:	75
Head:	70	Internal:	30
Foot:	30	All Of Body:	30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/23/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
40YOF GETTING FOOD OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG AND POKED SELF IN LEFT EYE WITH THE BAG ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
30YO HISP MALE STS 4 DAYS AGO SWALLOWED PLASTIC BAG WITH UNKNOWN SUBSTA NCE,REFUSES 2 SAY IF DRUGS,DX CONSTIPATION,BODY STUFFING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Billiards or pool
28 YOM SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAGS ON FLOOR, CASUSING FALL, HIT FOREHEAD ON POOL TABLE. DX-FALL, FACIAL LACERATION, FOREHEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 43 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
43 YO BENT OVER, PICKED UP BAG OF TRASH, HURT LOW BACK. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER GARBAGE BAG, SUS FRACTURED ANKLE%
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
35 YO MALE, THROWING TRASH IN DUMPSTER, HURT NECK. DX NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Other ranges or ovens
49 YOF TRIPPED OVER GROCERY BAGS, FELL INTO STOVE, INJURED LEFT GREAT TOE. DX-ACUTE LEFT GREAT TOE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 29 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: Other
Product: Plastic bags
STRESS R THUMB/29YOF WAS OPENING BAG OF CHIPS & SAID HER THUMB POPPED O UT.PT HAS CAST ON WRIST DUE TO SPRAINED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 49 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: Plastic bags
PT SUSTAINED LOWER BACK SPRAIN WHEN CARRYING HEAVY BAGS.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
39 F LIFTING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF GARBAGE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT HIT EYE WITH CORNER OF "***" BAG, CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
HURT BACK WHILE CARRYING PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THROWING TRASH BAGS IN DUMPSTER. DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
PICKED UP TRASH BAG AND HURT BACK LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR INGESTION OF LITTLE *** OF HEROIN - SMUGGLINGINTOC OUNTRY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
HAD WRIST PAIN AFTER CARRYING PLASTIC BAGS WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT THUMB ON SOMETHING IN PLASTIC TRASH BAG. DX THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
LIFTED HEAVY BAGS WHILE FOOD SHOPPINGSHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
32Y/O,F,HOLDING *** BAG IN TEETH WHILE PUTTING FOOD INTO IT, BAG LETGO & INJURED EYE, L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
FELT POP IN LOWER BACK WHILE TAKING GROCERY BAGS OUT OF CARLOWER BACK P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 47 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: Plastic bags, Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use
PT LIFTING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF MULCH AND STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 45 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: Plastic bags
LIFTED HEAVY TRASH BAG ACUTE LOW BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN, RIGHT GROIN - MOVING HEAVY TRASH BAGS AND OBJECTS YESTERDAY AND MAY HAVE PULLED MUSCLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags
PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER A BURN TO LT HAND WHILE BURNING PLASTIC BAGS- DX - BURNS TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PULLED TRASH BAG OUT OF CAN LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Plastic bags
PT TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE AND THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS STICKING OUT F ROM THE PLASTIC BAG AVULSION TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PT TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG, SUS FRACTURED FOOT%
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Clothing
PT SUSTAINED BACK SPRAIN WHEN LIFING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF CLOTHES@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags
ANUS FB-PT PUT *** OF HEROIN UP HIS ANUS WHEN BEING ARRESTED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
26YOF, ELBOW HIT EYE, PUT ICE IN PLASTIC BAG, SCRATCHED EYE WITH ***, C ONTUSION ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
CORNEAL ABRASION, PT WAS PUTTING "CHIP BAG" INTO TRUCK AND WAS POKED BY IT IN CORNER OF EYE. CHIP BAG WAS PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT AT HOME CARRYING GARBAGE BAG CUT L LEG ON GLASS/ DX 2.5CM LAC L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags, Glass alcoholic beverage bottles
DROPPED A GARBAGE BACK WITH EMPTY BEER BOTTLES ON FOOT CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
37 YOM POKED SELF IN RIGHT EYE WITH *** PLASTIC BAG SUSTAINING A CORNEA L ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT STATES CUT LEG ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN THE BAG DX RT LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUTTING BAG OF TRASH IN DUMPSTER, BAG BROKE, SOMETHING CUT HAND. DX HAN D LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
WALKING FROM THE CAR TO THE CHURCH, ?SLIPPED ONTO PLASTIC BAG&FELL, C/O BACK&SHOULDER PAIN>>MS/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION OF AN EYE BY STRIKING AGAINST A PLASTIC BAG AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
BENDING TO TIE PLASTIC TRASH BAG AT HOME. DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags, Desk supplies
30 YOM PRESENTS WITH FOREIGN BODY ANUS, PASSED 1 PLASTIC *** TIED W/RUB BER BAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Plastic bags, Scissors
33YO HISP MALE AT PARK CUTTING PLASTIC BAG WITH SCISSORS,ACCIDENTLY STABBED L HAND W SCISSORS,DX PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT STATES WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC BAG DX: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
27 YO F SPRAINED ANKLE SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAGS AND FELL IN THE GARAGE AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT SWALLOWED A PLASTIC BAG AT JAIL. DX: FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT GETTING PLASTIC BAG-CAUGHT HIM IN EYE-ABRSION CORNEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
CHEST PAIN-SWALLOWED *** OF $500 CRACK COCAINE WHEN PT WAS ARRESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 34 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: Plastic bags
PATIENT HURT BACK PULLING ON HEAVY BAGS OF TRASH. DX; STRAIN TO LUMBA R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
39 YOF SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plastic bags, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE PLASTIC BAG,HIT HEAD WI TH KITCHEN. CABINET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
44YOM TRIPPED OVER PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG AT HOME FELL STRIKING RIBS; RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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