Accidents - Plastic bags - 26-50 years old - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,129
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	395	Finger:	310
Lower Leg:	218	Knee:	162
Internal:	153	Ankle:	127
Neck:	87	Elbow:	87
Hand:	87	Lower Arm:	80
Toe:	80	Upper Trunk:	70
Pubic Region:	70	Foot:	63
All Of Body:	63	Shoulder:	38
Upper Arm:	15	Upper Leg:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
46YOM WITH LAC TO HAND WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2010	Age: 49 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
49 Y/O WM WAS LIFTING PLASTIC BAGS WITH GROCERIES AND STRAINED LOWER BA CK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2010	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
42YOF WITH SPRAINED ELBOW THROWING TRASH BAGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
41 LACERATION TO RIGHT GREAT TOE NAIL S/P DROPPED PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG ON FOOT$
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2010	Age: 26 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: Plastic bags
26YOF, SUDDEN ONSET OF LBP WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICK UP A PLASTIC BAG >>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
44 Y/O M SWALLOWED SMALL PLASTIC *** FB ING FB ING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2010	Age: 39 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
39YOM SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC SANDWICH BAG INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
47 YO M, C/O LEFT ANKLE PAIN AFTER SLIPPING ON A PLASTIC BAG, DX ANKLE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
36YOF CARRYING OUT PLASTIC TRASH BAG, SOMETHING IN THE BAG CUT HER LOWER LEG. DX. LAC. LOWER LEG 5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
32YOF HAS LOW BACK PAIN FROM LIFTING GROCERIES DX;# LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
35YOM PICKED UP PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG + INJURED SHOULDER DX;* (R) SHOU LDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 42 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
42YOM TAKING OUT TRASH CUT R LOWER LEG ON PIECE OF GLASS STICKING OUT O F PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG DX- LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
50 F, PT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG AT HOME CAUSING FALL. DX. HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/27/2010	Age: 37 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, Knives
37YOM TRYING TO PUT A PLASTIC BAG IN A LONG BOX THAT CAUGHT AIR,USED A STEAK KNIFE TO PUNCTURE BAG STRUCK FOREARM;FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
40YOF,SPRAIN TO HER RIGHT FOOT S/P A BAG OF ICE FELL ON HER FOOT AT THE *** STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
26YOF-KNEE PAIN-STARTED WHEN PT KICKED A PLASTIC BAG ON THE GROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
49YOM SUSTAINED LOWER BACK SPRAIN WHEN LIFING A HEAVY SHOPPING BAG@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2010	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
29 YOF WAS GETTING INTO THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK AND SLID ON A PLASTI C BAG/ CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
50 YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT FELL OVER PLASTIC BAG AT HOME AND HURT ELBOW. DX; FRACTURE TO RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
45YOM INJURED (R) THUMB OPENING A BAG OF CHICKEN WINGS DX;* (R) THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
41YOF INTOXICATED WALKING AROUND WITH FULL SHOPPING BAGS AT *** AN D FE LL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TOP BACK OF THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Plastic bags
27YOF HAD HOT CHOC. SAUCE IN PLASTIC *** BAG. MICROWAVED IT. BAG &CHOC. MELTED ONTO FINGERS. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN RT FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2010	Age: 48 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: Plastic bags
KNEE SPRAIN-48YOF STEPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG AND SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
26YOF FELT A SUDDEN POP IN (L) THUMB WHILE CARRYING GROCERIES @ HOME DX;# SPRAIN (L) THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Plastic bags
43YOF WAS AT HOME BURNING TRASH, A PLASTIC BAG BEGAN TO BURN AND SPLATTERED CAUSIGN A BURN TO RT 3RD FINGER. NO FD INVOLVMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
44 YO M SWALLOWED A PLASTIC BAG THAT LIKELY CONTAINED CRACK COCAINE OR METH. DX:CONCERN FOR POSSIBLE OVERDOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2010	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Diapers
29 YO F, C/O LEFT FOOT PAIN, SWELLING, SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG WITH DIAP ER IN IT, DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2010	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
28YOM CUT LEG ON PIECE OF GLASS THAT WAS IN GARBAGE BAG HE WAS TAKING O UT. DX. LOWER LEG LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
45 YOM SUS SPRAIN TO UPPER ARM AFTER LIFTING UP GARBAGE BAG%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
32YOM PICKED UP A BAG OF SOIL & INJURED BACK DX;* LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 32 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
32YOF FELT POP IN (R) HIP WHILE CHANGING A GARBAGE BAG DX;* LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
48YOF GETTING INTO HER CAR IN THE PARKING LOT OF SWEETBAY WHILE CARRYI NG PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS FULL AND FELL CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	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: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
30YOM, C/O LBP S/P SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG&FELL ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR >>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Plastic bags
40YOF, LIFTED GARBAGE AT YARD SALE 1 WEEK AGO, CERVICAL PAIN (RADICULOP ATHY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags
36YROLDFEMALE INSERTED A PLASTIC BAG FULL OF PILLS INTO HER VAGINA PTA UNABLE TO REMOVE IT ON HER OWN DX FB REMOVED FROM VAGINA*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2010	Age: 30 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: Plastic bags
30YOF TAKING OUT TRASH AND GLASS POKED THROUGH THE PLASTIC BAG INTO FIN GER LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
38 Y/O W/FM CUT LOWER LEG ON GLASS IN TRASH BAG WHILE TAKING OUT TRASHA T HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags
45YOM PICKED UP BURNING PLASTIC BAG/ PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
34 YOF SUS LAC TO TOE AFTER HITTING IT AGAINST GARBAGE BAG%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2010	Age: 41 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: Plastic bags
41YOM LIFTING A FORTY POUND PLASTIC BAG TO PUT IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR AT A STORE STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2010	Age: 33 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: Plastic bags
33YOF AT HOME MOVING TRASH BAGS INJ BACK/ DX ACUTE LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2010	Age: 35 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
35YOM THROWING A BAG OF TRASH AWAY WHEN A PIECE OF GLASS BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2010	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Plastic bags
37 YR OLD FEMALE CARRY HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF ICE AND IT GOT HOOKED ON FINGER FINGER FEELS LIKE IT FELL ASLEEP DX: NEUROPATHY MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2010	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
44YOF, SLIPPED ONTO PLASTIC BAG @ ***&FELL TO THE GROUND C/O NECK PAIN> >MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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