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Accidents - Book bags or back carriers - 50+ years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 794
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:180Wrist:139
Shoulder:99Upper Trunk:95
Lower Arm:80Ankle:70
Toe:69Head:31
Knee:15Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/20/2007Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers, Metal containers
63YOF WAS TRYING TO HELP HER DAUGHTER MOVE, PICKED UP BACKPACK FULL OF CANS & INJURED UPR & LWR BACK. DX - BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT WITH LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER PICKING UP BACK PACK. D: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Book bags or back carriers, Benches
H/O MR, TRIPPED OVER BACKPACK&FELL HITTING HEADONTO BENCH >> CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT WITH BACK SPRAIN FROM A HEAVY BOOKBAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PATIENT CARRIES A BLACK BAG THAT IS 71 LBS THAT HE CARRIES EVERYWHERE, C/O RT SHOULDER, NECK AND RT ARM PAIN X 1 WK. DX-RT SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT HAS HAD SHOULDER PX FOR 3 WK DUE TO HEAVY BACKPACK. DX: R TRAPEZIUS SPASM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2007Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers, Floors or flooring materials
SPRAIN WRIST WHEN TRIPPED ON A BACK PACK STRAP AND FELL TO FLOOR#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT WITH SHOULDER PAIN AFTER CARRYING BACK BACK ON SHOULDER ALL DAY. D: SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers
SPRAINS ANKLE WHEN TRIPPED OVER BOOKBAG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Book bags or back carriers
52YOF HAD A WATERMELON IN BACKBACK TO TAKE TO WORK,ACCIDENTLY DROPPED BACKPACK ON FOOT; TOE FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers
C/O PT STAYTES WAS INJURED WHILE CARRYINB BACK-PACK DX NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT STUCK IS RIGHT ARM IN HIS BACKPACK AND THERE WAS SOMETHING SHARP IN THERE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2007Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Book bags or back carriers
FELL, TRIPPED OVER BACK PACK CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT WAS CARRYING A HEAVY BACKPACK DOWNTOWN. DX: BACK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2007Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers, Eyeglasses
80YOF WHILE AT THE DRUG STORE,TRIPPED OVER A CHILDS BOOKBAG,FELL SUSTAINED SCRAPS TO HER FACE FROM HER GLASSES; WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Book bags or back carriers
BACK STRAIN-C/O PAIN TO BACK AFTER LIFTING HEAVY BACK PACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Book bags or back carriers
TRIPPED OVER BOOK BAG/KNEE CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2007Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Book bags or back carriers
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH BOOK BAG/CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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