Accidents - Plastic bags - 50+ years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,060
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	241	Face:	217
Lower Trunk:	207	Finger:	206
Lower Leg:	192	Wrist:	153
Foot:	131	Internal:	120
Eyeball:	116	Upper Trunk:	75
Shoulder:	70	Lower Arm:	70
Upper Arm:	70	Neck:	62
Toe:	62	Hand:	30
Knee:	16	All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2009	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: Plastic bags
WHILE @ HOME SHE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN R EYE W/CLASP ON A *** PLASTIC BAG DX SCLERAL ABRASION R EYE W/SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Plastic bags
TRIED TO PUT OUT PLASTIC BAG FIRE WITH HANDS AND BURNED THEM,NO FIRE DE PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
74 YOF SLIPPED ON PLASTIC *** BAG AND FELL USING L ARM TO BREAK FALL. L HUMERUS FRACTURE, L WRIST DISLOCATION
Disposition: Held for observation

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: 11/19/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
66YOF TAKING OUT A PLASTIC BAG OF TRASH AND THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS THAT CUT THROUGH INTO LOWER LEG LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
52YOM WAS TAKING OUT A PLASTIC BAG OF TRASH AND THERE WAS A PIECE OF GL ASS IN THE BAG POKED SELF IN THE LOWER ARM GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 72 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
72YOM LIFTED A 50 POUND PLASTIC BAG OF SOIL AND FELT A PULL IN LOWER BA CK STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT HAS HISTORY OF PICA, FOUND WITH PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH DX;* FB INGE STION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
WAS TAKING PLASTIC TRASH BAGS OUT AND HAD BACK PAIN LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
@ THE BEACH, ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP A PLASTIC BAG THAT BLEW IN WIND&FEL FORWARD INTO BUSHES CUTTING BRIDGE OF NOSE>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2009	Age: 77 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: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT WAS CARRYING A PLASTIC BAG OF GROCERIES, IT SWUNG FORWARD, LOST BALANCE, FELL ONTO LT HIP, C/O PAIN. DX-LT ACETABULAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
51 YR OLD INURED NECK LIFTING PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG AT HOME DX/ NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PT PICKED UP TWO PLASTIC BAGS FULL OFF TRASH AND STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2009	Age: 83 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
PT LIFTING HEAVY PLASTIC TRASHBAGS AT HOME AND STRAINED LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT DX SUPERFICIAL INJURY OF CORNEA - EDGE OF PLASTIC BAG GOT INTO LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 59 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: Plastic bags
PT LIFTED A PLASTIC TRASH BAG THAT HAD BROKEN GLASS IN IT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PT SPRAINED A FOOT BY STEPPING ON A PLASTIC BAG OF MILK AT A QUICK STOP .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plastic bags
FELL AT HOME, "LEG GAVE OUT" THROWING PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG. DX-CHI, RIGHT HIP AND ANKLE INJURY, ABRASIONS ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2009	Age: 51 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, Built-in swimming pools
PICKED UP BAG OF SAND FOR POOL AND WRENCHED BACK LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 60 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: Plastic bags
PT CARRYING A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG TO THE ROADWAY AND THERE WAS BROKE N GLASS IN THE BOTTOM OF IT WENT THROUGH BAG LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT AT HOME OPENING A MUFFIN BAG CUT FINGER/ DX 1CM SUPERFICIAL LAC L INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 75 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
PT TAKING OUT THE TRASH AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS THAT PO KED THROUGH THE PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG INTO LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
70 YO F FINGER BITTEN BY BAT. BAT GOT IN HOUSE PT WAS TRYING TO GET IT OUT IN A BAG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 67 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: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags
PT INSERTED A LARGE PLASTIC OBJECT WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG INTO RECTUM UNABLE TO REMOVE. DX - FOREIGN BODY IN RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 61 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: Plastic bags
DX SCLERAL ABRASION: SCRATCHED EYE ON CORNER ON SANDWICH BAG WHEN TURN'G PAST HER REFRIG, SWIPED EYE ACROSS PLASTIC BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
FACIAL LAC;CONT;MULT SKIN TEARS/94YOF AT HOME TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE BAG STRINGS AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT DROPPED 2 LB. BAG OF ICE ON FOOT 2 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED PAIN. D; FOOT CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
60 YOF SLIPPED ON BAG AND HIT KNEE CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plastic bags, Stairs or steps
WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH BAGS AND FELL DOWN 3 STEPS HITTING HER HEAD AND INJURING HER BACK. CLOSED HEAD INJURY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Plastic bags
CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE BAG. DX.FINGER S OFT TISSUE AVUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND FELL ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX FACIAL PA IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT CUT FACE WHEN TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT AND TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO CONCRETE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG HIT TOE SPRAIN LEFT SECOND TOE ABRASION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
FELL TAKING OUT TRASH. DX CONTUSION HEAD AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Plastic bags, Mattresses
DX SMOKE INHALATION: DIZZINESS, WAS IN GARGAGE W DOOR CLOSED, FIRE STARTED W ASHES IN PLASTIC BAG NEAR MATTRESS; ATTEMP TO EXT FIRE W EXT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 57 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: Plastic bags
ACCIDENTALLY HIT SELF INTO EYE WITH THE CORNER OF A PLASTIC DOG FOOD BA G>>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
56 YOF SWALLOWED PLASTIC BAG OF SPICE FROM NOODLES F/B THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
SENT IN FROM ECF FOR EVALUATION, S/P TRYING TO GET INTO A WHEELCHAIR&SL IPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG ON THE FLOOR&FELL HITTING HEAD,NO LOC>>CHI/UTI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
PT STATES WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE LANDING O N HIS RIGHT SIDE DX RIGHT SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
PT WITH HAND LAC FROM SOMETHING INSIDE TRASH BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags, Sewing basket articles
PT SLIPPED ON A PLASTIC BAG OF YARN IN HER HOME AND FELL FRACTURED WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PT WITH FRACTURE TO LOWER LEG AFTER TRIPPING AND FALLING WHILE TAKING O UT TRASH. DX FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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