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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,145
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 16 years | 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 |
| AT HOME- PT WAS PUSHING DOWN INTHE TRASH CAN, & CUT LT PALM ON FOOD CAN LID. DX; LT PALM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT HIT HAND ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| L HAND PAIN AFTER HITTING DUMPSTER TODAY DX; HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCHING A DUMPSTER AFTER AN ARGUMENT W/ A CO-WORKER AT WORK FRACTURE RIGHT HAND (INFO LISTED PT UNEMPLOYED) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass alcoholic beverage bottles |
| PT WAS OUTSIDE URINATING AT BAR, LEANING ON A TRASH CAN & HAND SLIPPED INTO TRASH CAN & CUT HAND ON ALCOHOL GLASS BOTTLE. ETOH. DX. DEEP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUNCHED TRASH CAN. DX: R FOURTH METACARPAL FX, DISLOCATION BASE OF FIFTH METACARPAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 17 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHEN PUNCHED TRASH CAN. DX; R HAND CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 21 YO F LACERATION TO HAND CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUNCHED A DUMPSTER TODAY AND INJURED HAND DX/ DISLOCATION RIGHT 5TH MC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT WRIST INJURY FROM HITTING HAND ON TRASH CAN. DX-ACUTE HAND CONTUSION, WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PUSHED TRASH INTO TRASH CONTAINER AND LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HAND STUCK IN GARBAGE CAN. DX- FRACTURE METACARPAL, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A HAND BY STRIKING A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT HAND CONT. PT PT INJURED HAND WHEN MOVING TRASH CANS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT HAND FX.PT PUNCHED A METAL TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 16 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 PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE GARBAGE CAN WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING SHARP IN THE CAN SUSTAINED A HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| CUT HAND WHILE REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN. DX. HAND LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FX HAND WHEN HE PUNCHED A TRASH CAN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags |
| PT SLAMMED HAND INTO A DUMPSTER WHILE THROWING OUT TRASH BAG DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCHED A TRASH CAN W/ FIST CONTUSION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 CUT HAND ON DUMPSTER LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 18 YO M CONTUSION TO HAND DROPPED DUMPSTER LID ON HAND FEW DAYS AGO* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HIT A GARBAGE DUMPSTER 1.5 WK AGO. DX: R HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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