Accidents - Paper bags - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,093
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	151
Year 1999:	186
Year 2000:	207
Year 2001:	143
Year 2002:	226
Year 2003:	180
Year 2004:	178
Year 2005:	75
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	390
Year 2009:	305

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	513	Lower Trunk:	389
Upper Trunk:	275	Lower Arm:	142
Lower Leg:	138	Knee:	106
Shoulder:	82	Hand:	76
Foot:	69	Upper Arm:	67
Wrist:	67	Upper Leg:	66
Face:	49	Finger:	33
Head:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paper bags, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
67 YOM PT SLIPPED ON PAPER BAG IN GARAGE AND FELL INTO FILING CABINET. FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paper bags
71 YO F FELL CARRYING BAG OF TRASH OUT AT HOME. DX RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Paper bags
CUT ON LEG WITH PAPER BAG. DX-LOWER LEG SKIN AVULSION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
LIFTING GROCERY BAGS AND STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags, Elevators or other lifts
64 YOF TRIPPED OVER BAG GETTING OUT OF ELEVATOR AT *** CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags, Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER PAPER BAG WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER IN KITCHEN. DX CONTUSION L GLUTEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paper bags
FELL OVER A GROCERY SACK AND INNJURED HER RIGHT KNEE. PAIN TO RIGHT KNEE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags, Vacuum cleaners
88YOF WAS TRYING TO REMOVE BAG FROM VACUUM SWEEPER,STRUCK RT HAND; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Paper bags
74Y/O,F,OPENING PAPER BAG SCRATCHED EYE WITH SERRATED EDGE, L CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Paper bags
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMMORRAGE, HIT EYE WITH PAPER SACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 86 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: Paper bags
PT CARRIED HEAVY PAPER BAG, LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Paper bags, Tables
TRYING TO LIFT HEAVY GROCERY BAG AND FELL HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON TABLE CORNER LAC SCALP AND CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
CARRYING GROCERY BAGS AND TRIPPED ON SIDEWALK AND HIT FOREHEAD ABRADING NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
DX LEFT 5TH DIGIT STRAIN: PICKING UP 80LB PAPER BAG OF CEMENT MIX AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags, Other unpowered garden tools
RAKING LEAVES, STRUCK EYE ON PAPER BAG, LEAVES PAPER BAG " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
ACCIDENTLY POKED EYE W/ EDGE OF PAPER BAG. SCLERAL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
PT CARRYING GROCERY BAGS YESTERDAY C/O PAIN TO LOWER BACK DX STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
PT SLIPPED ON A PAPER BAG AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paper bags, Knives
73 YOWM STATES WHILE CUTTING A PAPER BAG W/ A POCKET KNIFE, HE ACCIDENT ALLY STUCK HIMSELF W/ THE KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
HIT LEG WITH GROCERY BAG FULL OF GROCERIES - CONTUSION RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paper bags, Knives
STUCK HAND INTO A BAG AND THERE WAS A KNIFE IN THERE AND LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
54 Y/O F INJURED R FOOT WHEN FELL WHILE CARRYING PAPER BAG OF GROCERIES ALONG STREET. DX; STRAIN R FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
CORNEAL ABRASION - 55 YOF C/O RIGHT EYE PAIN AFTER WORKING IN YARD AND GETTING HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH A PAPER BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags, Eyeglasses
55YOBF WHO SCRATCHED HER R EYE W/PAPER BAG YESTERDAY. DOES NOT WEAR CON TACT BUT DOES HAVE READING GLASSES.DX:CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags, Charcoal
LUMBAR STRAIN-SUS INJ WHEN A STACK OF 30 BAGS OF CHARCOAL FELL ON PT AT STORE PUSHING HER INTO A RACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
PT SCRAPED L EYE 12/19 W/PAPER BAG-EYE WAS PNFUL, THEN WAS BETTER. THIS AM, C/O PN/REDNESS- DX: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2002	Age: 51 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: Other
Product: Paper bags
ATYICAL CHEST PAIN/RIGHT GROIN PAIN (S/P) HEART CATH - WAS CARRYING GROCERIES IN BAG AT STORE AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paper bags
BENT OVER TO PICK UP PAPER BAG, C/O BACK PAIN DX: LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Paper bags, Containers
R MID-UPPER BACK PAIN; STOOPED TO PICK UP PAPER BAG AND STATES HAS BEEN MOVING BOXES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
SLIPPED ON PAPER BAG AND DID SPLIT LEFT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2001	Age: 61 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2001	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2000	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2000	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags, Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2000	Age: 70 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: Other
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/1999	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/1999	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/1999	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/1999	Age: 58 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: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/1999	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/1998	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/1998	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Paper bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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