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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,043
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PICKING UP TRASH BAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2004 | Age: 85 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 |
| STATES GOT L FOOT CAUGHT IN A PLASTIC BAG AND FELL. DX. L HIP FX, INTE RTROCHANTERIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/01/2004 | Age: 64 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 |
| CARRYING BAGS IN HOUSE HURT BACK. DX LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2004 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38 Y/O W/FM RECEIVED STRAIN LOWER BACK WHEN REACHING DOWN TO PICK UP GARBAGE BAG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| OUTSIDE & WIND CAUGHT GARBAGE BAG HE HAD IN HIS HANDS & TWISTED HIM ARO UND. ACUTE LOWER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT STUCK 7 PLASTIC BAGS UP HIS RECTUM - NOT SURE WHY- UNABLE TO DEFACAT E TAKEN TO THE OR FOR A FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FROM RECTUM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/19/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| MOVING HEAVY PLASTIC BAGS OF DIRT YESTERDAY. ACUTE LOWER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2004 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| LT HIP SACRAL CONTUSION, FELL CARRYING LARGE GARBAGE BAG, WENT TO SWITCH HANDS, LOST BALANCE, FELL TO GROUND ONTO BUTTOCKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PATIENT WAS MARCHING IN PARADE; SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG. RT. HIP STRAIN . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING BAG OF ICE. D: LOW BACK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT LIFTING A PLASTIC GROCERY BAG INTO CAR AND HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF LOW B ACK PAIN LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | 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, Fertilizers |
| DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: BENDING OVER CARRYING BAG OF LAWN FERTILIZER, PULLED BACK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 30 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, Metal containers |
| ACUTE LOW BACK PAIN;LIG.STR/30YOM AT HOME LIFTING GARBAGE BAG FULL OF E MPTY CANS THIS AND FELT A POPPING SENSATION IN R LOWER BACK W/PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2004 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Stairs or steps |
| SLIPPED ON PLASTIC NEWSPAPER BAB DOWN 3 STEPS AND SPRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| 44 YO F TRIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG INJURED HIP CONTUSION HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2004 | Age: 85 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| STEPPED ON PLASTIC BAG ON FLOOR AND SLIPPED, CRAWLED TO PHONE. DX. FX R HIP, INTERTROCHANGERIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| LUMBAR CONTUSION - 37 C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER SLIP AND FALL ON PLASTI C BAG AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2004 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| THREW GARBAGE BAG INTO DUMPSTER PREVIOUS DAY LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AT CASINO. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, BILAT KNEE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT C/O BACK PAIN. PT HURT BACK CARRYING LARGE BAG OF TRASH. DX LOWER BA CK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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