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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,767
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:936Hand:756
Lower Trunk:409Foot:222
Lower Leg:193Lower Arm:179
Shoulder:178Face:172
Wrist:161Pubic Region:139
Knee:86Neck:85
Head:78Toe:66
Ankle:61Eyeball:16
Upper Leg:16Upper Trunk:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHED HAND IN PUBLIC TRASH CAN STICKING SELF IN FINGER WITH UNK OBJECT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION RT RING FINGER - CUT RT RING FINGER ON DUMPSTER WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE ARREST. HAS A 1.5CM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O LFT LEG PAIN. PT HURT KNEE WHILE PUSHING TRASH CAN. DX PATELLA D ISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT'S MOM SERVED ARREST WARRANT TODAY AND PT BECAME UPSET PUNCHING TRASH CANS AND TREE. D: HAND PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:LAC R 5TH FINGER. CUT ONGLASS WHILE PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN IN GARBAGE CAN AT CHURCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DROPPED TRASH CAN ON FOOT; CRUSH FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:R WRIST LAC. STUFFING GARBAGE INTO CAN AND CUT ON GLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT THUMB WHILE PUTTING LID ON GARBAGE CAN/ LAC RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRAUMA GENITAL AREA, PT STS LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN, C/O PAIN, SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RAN INTO A PORTABLE DUMPSTER FACIAL ABRASIONS CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O ANKLE PAIN JAMMED FOOT ON RECYCLE BIN C/O PAIN NONDISPLACED FRAC TURE LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21 YO FEMALE HIT WRIST ON CORNER OF WOODEN GARBAGE CONTAINER TRAUMATIC TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT THUMB SPRAIN. SLAMMED FINGER IN GARBAGE CAN LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING TRASH IN THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME CAUGHT RIGHT FIFTH FINGER W HEN THE LID CAN DOWN DISLOCATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING GARBAGE IN THE DUMPSTER AT HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
20 YO MALE SMASHED RIGHT FINGER IN DUMPSTER LID OPEN FRACTURE RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
18 Y.O. W FEMALE W/TOENAIL AVULSION. PT STS SHE DROPPED TRASH CAN ON TO E @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT HAND ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN DX: L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FRACTURE TOE, OPEN LACERATION - 19 YOM WAS AT A PARTY AND DROPPED A HEA VY TRASH CAN ONTO HIS LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION (R) HAND, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O GARBAGE CAN FELL ON LEG AND CUT IT BELOW PATELLA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN DX: ADMIT WITH ACUTE CELLULITIS AND SWELLING T O RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/05/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:R PALM LAC. DUMPING GARBAGE, REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN, CUT ON GLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREHEAD CONTUSION.PT WAS CLOSING A DUMPSTER LID AND IT HIT FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH NECK PAIN AND SHOULDER PAIN ONE DAY AFTER BACKING CAR INTO DUMP STER. D: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH FINGER LACERATION FROM PICKING UP GLASS FROM CERAMIC TRASH CAN. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON TRASH CAN DX. THIGH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN AND GLASS IN IT LAC ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCHED DUMPSTER AND NOW HAS SWOLLEN HAND. D:HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO R WRIST, CUT ON UNKNOWN TRASH IN DUMPSTER DX: OLD LAC TO R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT WRIST ON TRASH CAN DX LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ABDOMINAL CONTUSION.PT HIT ABDOMEN ON A TRASH CAN LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, House repair or construction materials
PT JUMPED OFF A ROOF INTO A DUMPSTER DX; RT FOOT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA-FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 METAL BARRELS(GARBAGE CANS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN PUTTING OUT GARBAGE CAN DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ATE HAMBERGER FROM TRASH CAN, C/O ABDOMINAL PAIN W/ NAUSEA DX: GASTRITIS, BRONCHITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BANGED FOREARM AGAINST A TRASH CAN THAT WAS FALLING. DX. FOREARM CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT A GARBAGE CAN GOING ABOUT 50MPH, CAR DOOR SNAPPED BACK AND HIT ARM/ FX RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/30/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Doors
PT GOT MAD AT SISTER AND STRUCK DUMPSTER AND THEN IRON DOOR WITH HAND. D: 5TH METACARPAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVING DUMPSTER WHEN IT FELL ONTO HAND AND PARTIALLY AMPUTATED TWO FING ER PLUS FX THEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
23YO M PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN AND CUT WRIST ON BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED FORWARD, HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN, THEN BACKWARDS, HIT GROUND , HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/25/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MVA REST PASS CAR HIT TRASH CAN AND THEN HIT A CAR NO LOC PT IS PREGNAN T DX CERVICAL STRAIN R/O FX AND PREGNANT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/18/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BACK PAIN. PT WAS PULLING TRASH FROM CAN AND INJURED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DROPPED DUMPTER DOOR ON LT HAND DX: LT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tableware and accessories
THROWING GARBAGE AWAY PLATE POKED THROUGH AND CUT LEG ....LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHING INTO HIS GARBAGE CAN AT HOME THERE WAS A PIECE OF WOOD STIC KING UP OUT OF THE CAN GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
25 YO M HIT DUMPSTER W/HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT HAND ON DUMPSTER, PUTTING OUT TRASH DX. HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ANKLE SPRAIN - 19 YOM INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT AFTER JUMPING OU T OF A DUMPSTER LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING TRASH CANS LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
22 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FOOT CONTUSION. PT STS DROPPED A GARBAGE CAN ON FOOT @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT HAND ON GARBAGE CAN DX. HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELL WHEN STANDING ON TRASH CAN AT HOME, TWISTED ANKLE; ANKLE F X.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
19 YO MALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Basketball
PATIENT PLAYING BASKETBALL AT GYM, WENT TO THROW HIS CHEWING GUM IN TRA SH CAN WHEN HIS SHOULDER "WENT OUT". DX DISLOCATION RIGHT SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED/FELL INTO TRASH CAN 30MINS PTA NOW C/O CHEST PN, STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED BY TRASH CAN; AVULSION OF FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CLOSED THUMB IN THE LID ON A METAL DUMPSTERLACERATION RIGHT THUMB 1.5 C M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON TRASH CAN - VAGINAL PAINPERINEAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLAMMED HAND ON A DUMPSTER LID LACERATION RIGHT HAND 2.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STATES SHE LIFTED HEAVY GARBAGE CAN AND INJURED HER HAND DX RT HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
20 YOF FELL OFF TRASH CAN STEPPED ON NAIL CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Clothing accessories
NEEDLE STICK LEFT MIDDLE FINGER-WAS CLEANING AROUND DUMPSTER WEARING A LEATHER GLOVE & WAS STUCK WITH A NEEDLE TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PLACING TRASH IN THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO R IGHT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FOOT - 16 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT FOOT ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRA SH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bottles or jars
PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO CAN, CUT HAND ON BROKEN BOTTLE. DX. LAC L HA ND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN WASTE BUCKET AND LAC FINGER ON SOME BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O HITTING HER 3RD TOE OF HER LT FOOT AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN W/A BROKEN OFF PIECE OF TOENAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCHED A DUMPSTER. DX: CONT/SPRAIN R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION RT INDEX FINGER-PICKED UP GLASS FROM TRASH CAR WITH BARE HAN D CUTTING RT INDEX FINGER.SUS A 1CM X 0.5CM LAC WITH SLICING OF SKIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHIENG DOWN TRASH IN CONTAINER, CUT HAND ON SOMETHING SHARP AT SCHOOL . DX: LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT WITH GARBAGE CAN-DX-1 CM R INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC FINGER ON A TRASH BARREL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
23 Y.O. B FEMALE W/LUMBAR STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE PICKING UP A GARBAGE CAN @ HOME. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OUT TRASH AT HOME SUT RIGHT FOURTH FINGER ON THE LID OF THE C AN LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HE WAS STRUCK IN FACE WITH A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE BIN TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING AND LACERATED FINGER ON CAN LID. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SPR;CONT R HAND & WRIST/21YOM PUNCHED A DUMPSTER AND C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
16 YOM PICKED UP GARBAGE CAN ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN LUMBAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT WRIST FX. PT FELL OFF A DUMPSTER INJURING WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE INJURY, PT INJURED KNEE WHEN CARRYING A TRASH CAN OUTSIDE,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
24 YO MALE GOT LEFT FOOT STUCK IN TRASH CAN CONTUSION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OFF DUMPSTER DX. SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LEFT LOWER ARM LACERATION: CUT ARM ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WALKING WHEN GLASS STICKING OUT OF TRASH CAN LAC HIS CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
22 YO MALE PICKED UP HEAVY TRASH CAN ABDOMINAL MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT TOOK OUT THE TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN YESTERDAY. "SEEING STARS". D: CLOSED HEAD INJU RY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Day wear
KICKED GARBAGE CAN TONIGHT HAD ONLY A SOCK ON DX DISLOCATED 2ND TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC LEG ON METAL IN HIS TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT CORNEAL AB-GOT DUST FROM GARBAGE CAN IN EYE-AT HOME-WEARING CONTACTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED SHOULDER AFTER LIFTING A TRASH CAN DX: LT SHOULDER DISLOCATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: LIFTING GARBAGE CAN, INJURED BACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT, WALKING IN KITCHEN, PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN. HAS COCCY X PAIN. D: SYNCOPE, UTI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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