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Accidents - Plastic bags - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,086
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:149
Year 1998:37
Year 1999:107
Year 2000:104
Year 2001:16
Year 2002:121
Year 2003:138
Year 2004:302
Year 2005:211
Year 2006:86
Year 2007:206
Year 2008:266
Year 2009:207
Year 2010:127

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2010Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
64YOF TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG LANDING ON RT SIDE; HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/05/2010Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
92 Y/O/F SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND FELL AT HOME AND INJURED HIP DX/ LEFT HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 10/10/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 09/27/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 09/20/2009Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 07/07/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 06/11/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 11/07/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG. DX- L HIP FRACTURE #
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
BACK WENT OUT WHILE TYING A GARBAGE BAG. DX. BACK PAIN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
SPRAIN BACK.PT.REFERS WHILE PICKING UP ICE BAG(PLASTIC) FROM FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
79YOF WAS DOING YARDWORK AT HOME WAS LIFTING A HEAVY PLASTIC BAG OF LEAVES,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN;BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
FELL DRAGGING PLASTIC TRASH BAG/HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/13/2007Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
74YOF WAS HOME,CARRING THE PLASTIC TRASH BAG, WAS GOING TO TAKE IT OUT, ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED AND FELL,STRIKING HIP;HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/02/2007Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
91YOF WAS HOME LIFTED UP A HEAVEY PLASTIC TRASH BAG,DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND TWISTED HIP/LEG. C/O PAIN IN HIP TO KNEE. D: LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT WAS LIFTING A PLASTIC BAG OF TRASH AND BEGAN HAVING LOW BACK PAIN. DX-SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags, Foods
PAIN TO BACK AFTER LIFTING BAGS OF FOOD DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: CARRYING PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS INTO HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2005Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
C/O PT PICKED UP THRASH BAG AND INJURED BACK DX LOWER TRUNK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: LIFTING GARBAGE BAGS OF GRASS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD LOW BACK PX LOWERING PLASTIC BAG INTO GARBAGE CAN. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ON FLOOR, SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG IN KITCHENDX: FRACTURE RT. HIP & KNEE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
SLIP & FALL ON PLASTIC BAG FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/29/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE PICKING UP TRASH BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2004Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 12/01/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 10/07/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 05/01/2004Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 04/04/2004Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 12/08/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
CMPD FX LUMBAR AREA; @ HOME, SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG & FELL TO FLOOR LAN DING ON BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Clothing
INJURED LOW BACK 11/2 WEEKS AGO WHEN PICKED UP 1G. HEAVY GARBAGE BAG FU LL OF CLOTHES. ACUTE SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
WASHING CORN, SHUCKED AND BAGGED IT, C/O LEFT FLANK PAIN AND BREATHING DX: LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN, LOWER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF LOW BACK/HIP PAIN SINCE LIFTING 40 LBS. BAGS OF SOIL WHILE WORKING IN GARDEN. D: LOW BACK PAIN, RADICULOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2001Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2000Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2000Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/13/2000Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags, Tables
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/1999Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/14/1999Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/1999Age: 94 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/12/1998Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/27/1997Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/1997Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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