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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,826
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT DX CONTUSION OF RT LEG - SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG,FELL LANDING ON RT LEG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| TRIP & FALL OVER PLASTIC BAG DX: THUMB AVULSION FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT STATES FELL THIS MORNING, SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG ON FLOOR. DX. DISL OCATED FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2008 | Age: 78 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 |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG. DX- L HIP FRACTURE # |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT.INJ.RT.THIGH AT HOME WHEN TAKING OUT GARBAGE & CUT LEG ON PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS THAT POKED OUT THROUGHT PLASTIC BAG. DX; LAC.RT.THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| STRAIN CHEST.PT.REFERS WHILE CARRYING GROCERY BAG(PLASTIC BAG)HEAVY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| TOE INJURY FROM DROPING GROCERY BAG ON LEFT GREAT TOE. DX-CONTUSION GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT STEPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG AND TURNED FOOT. DX; FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| BACK WENT OUT WHILE TYING A GARBAGE BAG. DX. BACK PAIN.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| TAKING TRASH OUT PUT HAND ON BAG, LACERATING L HAND ON BROKEN GLASS# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| SPRAIN BACK.PT.REFERS WHILE PICKING UP ICE BAG(PLASTIC) FROM FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Plastic bags, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 56YOM AT HOME THERE WAS A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG,CONTAINED DEBRIS,STEPPED ON THE CORNER,NAIL WENT THROUGH LOAFER SHOES;FOOT PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Foods |
| FELT PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE AFTER CARRYING HER GROCERIES IN PLASTIC BAGS DX: STRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PATIENT CUT TOE ON UNKNOWN OBJECT THAT WAS IN PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG. DX-LACERATION TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | Age: 52 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, Metal containers |
| LACERATION RT.FOREARM.PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE(PLASTIC BAG,CU T FOREARM WITH METAL CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FRACTURED A SHOULDER BY SLIPPING ON A PLASTIC BAG & FALLING TO THE F LOOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 64 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, Metal containers |
| 64YOF PULLING OUT A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG,ACCIDENTLY CUT LOWER LEG ON A DOG FOOD LID THAT WAS IN BAG;LEG LACERATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| PT TAKING OUT GARBAGE IN A PLASTIC BAG WHEN THERE WAS GLASS IN THE BAG POKED THROUGH SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| 70YOF WAS HOME SLIPPED ON A GROCERY BAG THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR,SLIPPED FELL;TOE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PATIENT BENT FINGER BACKWARDS, PICKING OF BAG OF POTTING SOIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 79 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 |
| 79YOF WAS DOING YARDWORK AT HOME WAS LIFTING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF LEAVES,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags, Refrigerators |
| MULT CONT'S: FALL BETWEEN REFRIGERATOR AND RACK WHEN SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG LAYING ON FLOOR, STRUCK HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| LEFT FEMUR FX. PT TRIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG LAYING ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/05/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG/C-STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Plastic bags, Knives |
| 53YOF WAS HOME ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A SALAD BAG WITH A STEAK KNIFE, ACCIDENTLY SLICED LEFT INDEX FINGER;FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LACERATION RT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE(PLASTIC BAG)CU T LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 64 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 |
| LACERATION LT.LEG.PT.REFERS WHILE TAKING OUT THEGARBAGEIN (PLASTIC BAG) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| DEVELOPED BILATERAL SHOULDER PAIN AND NECK PAIN. HAD BEEN LIFTING HEAVY SALT BAGS EARLIER. DX: NECKACHE AND SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 53 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, Manual scissors |
| PT WAS CUTTING A PLASTIC BAG WITH SCISSORS AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER, LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Plastic bags, Microwave ovens |
| 2ND DEG BURN R HAND/70YOF TOOK BAG OF BROWN SUGAR OUT OF MICROWAVE THAT MELTED & PLASTIC MELTED ON HER HAND.CAME OFF WITH COLD WATER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2008 | Age: 86 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 |
| FELL DRAGGING PLASTIC TRASH BAG/HIP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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