Accidents - Plastic bags - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 318
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	6
Year 1998:	37
Year 1999:	41
Year 2002:	74
Year 2004:	58
Year 2008:	15
Year 2009:	6
Year 2010:	77

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/26/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	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, Knives
FINGER LAC-7YOM TRIED TO OPEN A MARSHMELLOW BAG WITH A KNIFE AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Knives
6YOM CUT LT FINGER WHILE TRYING TO OPEN A BAG OF GRAPES WITH A KNIFE, AT HOME. DX; LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
WAS LIFTING UP TRASH, & PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS CAME THROUGH PLASTIC BAG, & CUT HIS LT THUMB. DX; LT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT WAS CUTTING ON PLASTIC BAG AND ACCIDENTLALLY CUT HIS LEFT THUMB@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 11 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PT HAS THUMB PAIN AFTER OPENING A BAG OF STRING CHEESE. HEARD CRACK. D: THUMB SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
OPENING *** BAG AT SCHOOL AND BENT FINGERS BACKWARDS.HYPEREXTENSION LEF T 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Knives
PT CUT LEFT THUMB WITH KNIFE WHILE TRYING TO GET ICE OUT OF BAG. D: L ACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/1999	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	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, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/1999	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/1999	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/1998	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	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, Manual scissors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/1998	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags, Desk supplies
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/1997	Age: 8 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: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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