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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 935
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/26/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 73YOF HAS BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING HEAVY GROCERY BAGS DX;# THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2010 | Age: 92 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: Plastic bags |
| 92YOF DOING SHOPPING AND WHILE CARRYING PLASTIC BAGS OF GROCERIES STRAI NED CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2010 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 78 YOM, RIB CONTUSION, SP FALLING DOWN BUS STAIRS 3 DAYS PRIOR WHILE CA RRYING GROCERY BAGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 57 YOF RT SIDED RIB PAIN AFTER DRAGGING GARBAGE BAG TO CURB DX##: RT RIB PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 57YOF BENT OVER TO LIFT TRASH BAG AND HURT BACK THORACIC SPINE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 56YOF LIFTED HEAVY GROCERY BAGS & INJURED BACK DX;* THOR ACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG AND FELL ONTO FLOOR AT HOME DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| 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: 06/13/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 62 YOM LIFTING 40 POUND BAGS OF SOIL AT HOME AND STRAINS CHEST MUSCLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT TYING UP TRASH BAG TURNED AND FELL LANDED ON RT SIDE AND BACK RT RIB CONTUSION, THORAIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | 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: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LIFTING GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER - HURT RIBS - ACUTE RIB CAGE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2003 | Age: 74 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| LIFTING PLASTIC BAGS OF SALT - HURT RIBS - CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT CAUSED TRAUMA TO HIS RIBS AS HE WAS TOSSING BAGS OF TRASH FROM THE OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK. DX. TRAUMA RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PAIN WHILE CARRYING OUT A PLASTIC BAG OF GARBAGE DX. CP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2001 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/1999 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/1997 | Age: 66 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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