Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,665
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	470	Finger:	439
Face:	345	Foot:	101
Knee:	69	Elbow:	58
Ankle:	58	Hand:	23
Upper Trunk:	17	Toe:	17
Upper Leg:	16	All Of Body:	12
Mouth:	12	Lower Leg:	6
Lower Trunk:	6	Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/30/2004	Age: 4 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
LACERATION FINGER - 4 YOF WAS TRYING TO HOLD OPEN THE LID TO A REFUSE B IN AND IT CAME DOWN ON CHILD'S RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2004	Age: 3 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls
CHILD TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN AND HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF WALL. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 18 months	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, Metal containers
PATIENT REACHED INTO TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON CAN LID; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PLAYING & STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF METAL CARBAGE CAN, CUT FOOT, SU STAINED" FOOT LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX R ELBOW, MOTHER STS PT FELL WHILE CLIMBING ON A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, SENSATION INTACT, NO DEFORMITY, ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 4 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 PLAYING RAN INTO GARBAGE DUMPSTER AND HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Manual cleaning equipment
PT CLIMBED ON TRASH CAN FELL SCRAPED RT SIDE ABD ON METAL BROOMSTICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
FELL ON GARBAGE CAN AND LACERATED KNEE ON BROKEN PICTURE FRAME THAT WAS IN CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
CHILD HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN WHILE RUNNING. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FOREH EAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2004	Age: 14 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 METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 8 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
TURNED OVER TRASH CAN CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS ON TOP OT TRASH CAN AND FELL OFF ONTO CONCRETE. D: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 @GRANDMOMS HOUSE PLAYING IN TRASH STUCK HER LT 2ND DIGIT WITH USED INSULIN NEEDLE, PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tablet or capsule drugs
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF UNK MED (BLUE TRIANGULAR PILLS WITH "V" ON THEM) PT FOUND IN TRASH CAN AT APTMT. DRUG SCREEN + FOR CAFFEINE ONLY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT SUST CONTUSION TO FACE AFTER HIT ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Blankets
ABANDONED CHILD WAS FOUND IN DUMPSTER BY CONSTRUCTIN WORKERS, THEY WRAP PED CHILD IN BLANKET/TOWEL AND CALLED SQUAD, ADMIT; HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2004	Age: 4 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
FELL ON BATHROOM TRASH CAN DX. FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED, HIT NOSE ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN AT DAYCARE; FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON METAL TRASH CAN DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELL INTO CORNER OF TRASH CAN, HIT HEAD; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEE N
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/23/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD PLAYING WITH TRASH CAN OUTSIDE WHEN LACERATED FINGER ON BROKEN GL ASS. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 2 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, Seasonal decorations
UNWITNESSED FALL. MOM BELIEVES PT CLIMBING ON TRASH CAN TO REACH SNOW GLOBE, FELL & SNOWGLOBE BROKE. DX: LACERATION CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STANDING ON A METAL GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN HE FELL OFF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
PT JUMPED OFF TRASH CAN AND HIT HEAD ON CEMENT STAIRS SUSTAINED " HEAD LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER LID FELL ON FINGER DX: L 3RD FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED OFF GARBAGE CAN AND PUT FOOT IN CAN, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 21 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. CUT FOREHEAD ON TRASH CAN LID AT HOME. DX. LAC FH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 23 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 FFELL INTO A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN AND INJURED FACE.DX FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT HEAD WITH TRASH CAN HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A TRASHCAN DX: LAC TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT UPPER BACK ON CERAMIC GLASS IN WASTE BASKET, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
CHIN LAC/2YOIM WHILE AT CAR WASH WAS CLIMBING ON TRASH CAN AND SLIPPED CUTTING CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2004	Age: 4 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
LACERATION FACE ON TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	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 INDEX FINGER ON C GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT IN THE HEAD WHEN METAL TRASH CAN FELL ON CHILD TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 2 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
CUT EYEBROW WHEN FELL ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2004	Age: 2 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
CUT EYEBROW WHEN RAN INTO GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
OLDER SIBLING PLACED PT IN AN EMPTY TRASH CAN - PT FELL BACK AND HIT HE AD ON CERAMIC TILE FLOOR. D: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TOENAIL AVULSION-STUBBED TOE ON A GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL ONTO A GARBAGE CAN IN THE STREET; LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC L ANKLE, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK A GARBAGE CAN & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, BLEEDING, ROM NORMAL, NO VASCULAR COMPROMISE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 9 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 HIT FACE ON A TRASH CAN, LACERATION BRIDGE OF NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	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
CUT CHIN WHEN FELL ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	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
PT WAS CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN RECYCLE CONTAINER. DX: R THIRD FINGER LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2004	Age: 23 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 HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF TRASH CAN. DX: R FOREHEAD LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN @SCHOOL TODAY, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON GARBAGE CAN DX. FACIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT CUT FINGER ON A CAN OF CORN THAT WAS IN THE TRASH CAN. D: LACERATI ON LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	Age: 23 months	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
PT CUT FINGER REACHING INTO GARBAGE CAN. DX: L RING FINGER LAC .5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	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
DIGGING IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, CUT FINGER ON TOMATO SAUCE CAN. DX; LA CERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION HEAD - 4 YOF FELL FORWARDS HITTING TOP OF HEAD ON METAL TRAS H CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A TRASH CAN. D: FACIAL CONTUSION; ABRASIO N FOREHEAD;
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI-NO LOC-HIT HEAD ON WOODEN GARBAGE CAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 2 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
PT WAS DIGGING THOUGH A GARBAGE CAN AND LAC FINGER ON A SOUP CAN. DX FI NGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION LEG - 5 YOM SLIPPED IN THE BATHROOM AND FELL AGAINST A CERAM IC TRASH CAN WHICH BROKE LACERATING HIS RIGHT UPPER LEG NEAR THE KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 BACK AGAINST GARBAGE CAN AND CUT PALM OF RT HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LAC FINGER ON A METAL TRASH CAN. DX FINGER AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	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, Metal containers
PT WAS RUMAGING THROUGH GARBAGE CAN AND CUT FINGER ON OPENED SOUP CAN, CAN WAS NOT OLD OR RUSTY; FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. & 4 YR. OLD SIBLING WERE FIGHTING ABOUT A TRASH CAN LID & PT. GOT HIT IN THROAT WITH THE LID. DX: MINOR ANTERIOR NECK TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 4 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
FELL HIT TRASH CAN; CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION TO CHIN - PT WAS PLAYING WITH THE TRASH CAN LID AT DAYCARE. D: LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DENTAL INJURY WHEN FELL ON TRASH BASKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT RAN INTO TRASH CAN AND FELL ON GLASS. NOW HAS LACERATION TO HEAD. D: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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