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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 785
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL ONTO LOWER BACK W/BACKPACK ON. DX: THORACIC/LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| 19 YOF WAS CARRYING HEAVY BACKPACK CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| BACK CT-FELL ONTO BACK WHILE WEARING A BACKPACK-@ AIRPORT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT DX BACK PAIN - S/P DUE TO LIFTING BOOKBAG AT SCHOOL 2 WEEKS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| C/O MID BACK PAIN DAILY X2 WEEKS; O TRAUMA. INCRESES WHEN CARRYING HEAV Y BACK PACK FOR SCHOOL. BACK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT HAS BEEN CARRYING A VERY HEAVY BACK PACK AT SCHOOL AND DEVELOPED PA IN ACROSS CHEST STRAINED CHES MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| 9 YOF C/O LEFT SIDE UPPER CHEST PAIN ONSET AT SCHOOL TODAY, PT ADMITS T O CARRYING A LARGE, HEAVY BACKPACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| 30Y/O,M,LIFTED BOOK BAG, HEARD "POP", FELT PAIN CHEST, CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PATIENT WITH CHEST PAIN AFTER BEING AT CAMP YESTERDAY WITH INCREASED AC TIVITY, CARRYING A HEAVY BACKPACK TODAY; MUSCLE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT WAS CARRYING HEAVY DUFFLE BAG OVER CHEST/BACK AREA AND HAS UPPR BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2008 | Age: 20 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: Book bags or back carriers |
| DX L SC SPRAIN/ANT SUB-LUXATION: LIFTING/THROWING RUSACKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PATIENT OFTEN TIMES WEARS A HEAVY BACK PACK, C/O PERSISTENT MUSCULAR PAIN AND SORENESS INVOLVING RT UPPER BACK AREA. DX-MUSCULOSK BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT HAS BACK & SHOULDER PX FROM LIFTING BACKPACK. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT INJ UPPER BACK CARRING BOOK BAG STRAIN UPPER TRUNK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| 8 YO FEMALE CARRIED HEAVY BOOK BAG AT SCHOOL CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PAIN TO CHEST HIT WHILE PUTTING ON BACK CARRIER DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT CARRIED HEAVY BACKPACK TO AND FROM COLLEGE CLASSES. DX: BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers, Tables |
| PT WAS LIFTING A 50 LB BACKBACK AND TRIPPED AND LANDED ON AN END TABLE. C/O RIB PAIN. HELPING SOMEONE MOVE. NO OTHER DETAILS. LPTMS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| ACUTE THORACOLUMBAR STRAIN & SPASM: AT SCHOOL PICKED UP BOOK BAG WITH BOOKS, APPROX 45 #, SWUNG IT AROUND TO PUT ON BACK, NOW CONSTANT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| PT SLIPPED ON WATER AT SCHOOL & FELL BACK ONTO BACAKPACK, NOW W/BACK PA IN, T-SPINE & LOWER C-SPINE TENDERNESS; MILD THORACIC WEDGE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Book bags or back carriers |
| CARRYING HEAVY BACKPACK DAILY APPROXIMATELY 40 # STRAIN UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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