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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 179
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/17/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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, Metal containers |
| 25 YOF REACHED INTO TRASH CAN AT HOME AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT POSSIBLY A CAN. GIVEN TETANUS SHOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL 7 FEET FROM DUMPSTER DX: ARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT FELL TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT AND LAC LOWER ARM. DX LOWER ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM BY FALLING INTO A GARBAGE CAN AN D CUT ARM ON A BROKEN GLASS BOTTLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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