Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,692
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	524	Finger:	445
Head:	157	Hand:	135
Foot:	94	Lower Leg:	92
Toe:	83	Upper Trunk:	74
Lower Arm:	33	All Of Body:	16
Mouth:	16	Internal:	6
Pubic Region:	6	Upper Leg:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT LEG ON GLASS STICKING OUT OF TRASH CAN - 3-4CM LAC TO LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC CHEST WALL ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN WHEN HE WAS TAKING IT OUTSIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL AND HIT TRASH CAN. DX: FACIAL LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEAD LAC-HAD PLASTIC TRASH CAN THROWN @ PT BY BROTHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RUNNING AT HOME WHEN FELL HITTING CHIN ON EDGE OF A TRASH CAN SUST LAC DX 2.5 CM CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
4 YO MALE RAN INTO GARBAGE CAN ABRASION UPPER GUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS OPENING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED FINGER. DX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. WAS STUCK WITH AN UNKNOWN NEEDLE WHICH WAS NEXT TO A GARBAGE CAN AT PT. APT. COMPLEX. DX. FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP LAC-TRIPPED OVER A GARBAGE CAN-FELL-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OFF DUMPSTER, HIT HEAD, PT FELL 5-6 FT, DX TRAUMATIC ARREST/DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FACE WHEN UNCLE BURNING TRASH IN TRASHBARREL AND SOMETHING EXPLODED HITTING HER FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 10 months	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: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AGAINST TRASH CAN AT HOSPITAL AND CUT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER LID SMASHED R THUMB, BLEEDING DX: 2 CM LAC/CONTUSION R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RAN INTO TRASH CAN LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
1 MONTH OLD MALE FELL IN HOTEL ROOM AND HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING IN A TRASH CAN LEFT 5TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN DX. FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ON RT HAND, AND INJ IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL INTO A GARBAGE BAG AND LAC HAND ON A PIECE OF GLASS. DX HAND L AC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LAC LT MIDDLE FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX CHIN LACERATION: FELL AND HIT CHIN ON EDGE OF GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Toilets
CUT NOSE WHEN FELL ON TOILET WHEN STANDING ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT'S MOM STATES CHILD FELL OVER A GARBAGE CAN THIS PM .+ LOC FOR A FEW MINUTES.PF DX HEAD TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FACE WHEN FELL ON TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
2 YO BF - LAC. L HAND - CUT HAND ON SOMETHING WHEN PUTTING HAND DOWN IN TO TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CLIMBED UP ON GARBAGE CAN IN OFFICE, FELL AND HIT HEAD/ CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O LACERATION OF SCALP AFTER FALLING AND HITTING HEAD ON METAL PART OF GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OFF GARBAGE CAN. ABRASION TO (L) BACK.. C/O PAIN. DX: CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL HIT CHIN ON THE GARBAGE CAN DX: CHIN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SEEN FOR FOOT ABRASION FROM THE TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PATIENT'S GRANDMOTHER STATED PATIENT GOT IN GARBAGE CAN AND CUT HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A CAN. DX-LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHED INTO A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT FI FTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CELLULITIS RIGHT FOREARM. CUT KNUKLE ON TRASH CAN AND INFECTION SPREAD TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON TRASH CAN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 12 months	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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD FELL WHILE WALKING AND HIT CHIN ON METAL TRASH CAN. D: CHIN LACER ATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOM @FRIENDS HOUSE WITH PT FOUND GOING THROUGH TRASH PUT *** IN HER MO UTH DID NOT SWALLOWED, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
CHILD DIGGING IN THE GARBAGE AND CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON A CAN. DX FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
CUT HAND ON AN OPEN CAN IN A TRASH CAN LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
3YOF CUT HER TOE ON THE BOTTOM OF A DUMPSTER DX: LAC L 4TH TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO FACE WHEN FELL AND STRUCK TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2003	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELL WHEN MOTHER SAT HER ON DUMPSTER IN PARKING LOT, FELL FACE FIRST ON CONCRETE; FACIAL ABRASIONS, TOOTH CHIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LAC. CUT FINGER ON TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON HARD PLASTIC TRASH CAN; FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT RAN BEHIND DUMPSTER INTO A CAR ON STREET, THEN FELL INTO PUDDLE ; TIBIA/FIBULA FX., FOREHEAD LAC., SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FACE ON TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 5 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATED FACE ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THUMB LAC, PT WAS PLAYING ON A DUMPSTER AND CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN, DX: RT EYEBORW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT "FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON A GARBAGE CAN - DX LACERATION OF FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE PAIL, ACUTE L FRONTAL SUPERFICIAL LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT THUMB FX-AT HOME-A DUMPSTER CLOSED ON THUMB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC LT LOWER LEG. CUT ON TRASH CAN. DX; 4 CM LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
BROTHER PUSHED PATIENT INTO TRASH CAN CUTTING TOE ON TIN CAN IN TRASH A T HOME; TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RAN INTO A GARBAGE CAN. DX. SUPERFICIAL L EYELID LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN DUMPSTER LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
23 MONTH OLD MALE INFANT WAS BY A TRASH CAN; CUT LEG ON TUNA CAN IN THE TRASH CAN. LACERATION, RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT TRASH CAN - LACERATION ABOVE LEFT EYE. D: LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT LT 4TH DIGIT IN THE GARBAGE CAN THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT CUT RIGHT HAND ON A CAN IN THE GARBAGE CAN. D: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT @SCHOOL TODAY WITH STRADDLE INJURY OVER A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN,LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD GOT INTO TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON A CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM: BROKEN GLASS STICKING OUT FROM GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, CUT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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