Accidents - Plastic bags - 26-50 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,900
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	723	Finger:	274
All Of Body:	227	Lower Leg:	128
Hand:	128	Internal:	118
Upper Trunk:	71	Foot:	71
Knee:	69	Eyeball:	69
Wrist:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
ALLEGEDLY ATE BAGS OF COCAINE WHILE IN POLICE CUSTODY. ACUTE ALLEGED IN GESTION OF COCAINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
CARRYING PLASTIC SHOPPING BAGS WITH HANDLE WRAPPED AROUND FINGER WIFE PULLED ON BAG-PREV DAY / FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags
PT. WAS TRYING TO PUT FIRE OUT OF A BURNING PLASTIC BAG BURN TO FINGER FIRE DEPT. DID NOT ATTEND/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT STATED CLOSING A *** BAG USING TEETH, A PIECE OF THE BAG DETATCHED & GOT SWOLLOWED ACCIDENTLY BY THE PT,"FOREIGH BODY IN THROAT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT HAND ON GLASS IN GARBAGE BAG - LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE BAG - LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
SWALLOWED 3X3 *** BACK W/METHAMPHETAMINES IN IT DX METH INGESTION DX METH INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Public equipment
WRIST SPRAIN-@ GROCERY STORE-PULLING A PLASTIC BAG OFF PRODUCE STAND-EN TIRE BAG RACK FELL ON PT'S WRIST
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: 09/14/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT HAND REACHING IN TRASH BAG - LACERATION FINGER
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: 09/01/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
DRUG INGESTION-PT INGESTED 2G OF CRACK COCAINE WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BA G. TRIED TO HIDE IT FROM POLICE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
29 YO MALE SWALLOWED A DIME BAG OF HEROIN INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Plastic bags
47YOF @ HOME OPENING PLASTIC BAG, SLIPPED, HIT IN EYE DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS/ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
32 YO MALE HAD BAG OF CRACK STUCK IN THROAT F/B THROAT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT CARRING BAG OF ICE, JUMPED OVER SOMETHING & ICE HIT PT IN KNEE. DX CONTUSION L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
INGESTION OF TWO BAGS OF HEROIN - SWALLOWED TWO PLASTIC BAGS OF HEROIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/16/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
CONTUSION FOOT - PATIENT REPORTS DROPPED A 5 LB BAG OF ICE ON RIGHT FOO T 2 DAYS AGO - AT HOME - INCREASING PAIN AND SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags
1 DEGREE BURNS FACE & CHEST; WAS MAKING HOMEMADE BOMB OF ACETYLENE/O2/ PLASTIC BAG(TYPE N) & IT EXPLODED. NO FD INFO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 05/19/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
LAC R LWR LEG, PT SUST INJURY WITH BROKEN GLASS FROM A PLASTIC BAG ATTH E STREET, C/O MILD PAIN, BLEEDING, TENDERNESS, NORMAL ROM.
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: 05/03/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
40 YOWF TRYING TO GET A PLASTIC BAG FROM DOG WHILE HE WAS EATING AND DO G BIT PT
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: 04/09/2004	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
PT W/ FRIEND, PULLED OVER BY POLICE-TOLD TO EAT PLASTIC BAG OF WHITE PO WDER. ACUTE COCAINE INGESTION & CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 29 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, Other glass bottles or jars
29YOM AT HOME GLASS IN TRASH BAG CUT LOWER LEG DX/LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 02/13/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags, Microwave ovens
DX 1ST DEGREE BURN : BURNED BY PLASTIC BAG OF BROWN SUGAR PULLED FROM MICROWAVE AT HOME.
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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