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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,086
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/23/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CUT HAND ON PIECE OF METAL THAT WAS IN GARBAGE CAN DX- HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| 22 YOF PUSHING CAN DOWN IN TRASH CAN, R HAND LAC DX: HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| SIMPLE LAC. HAND, 1 CM: CLEANING OUT GARBAGE CAN, ACCID. PUNCT. HAND W/ PIECE OF DIRTY GLASS, 1 CM LAC. PALM OF HAND, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CUT HAND ON GLASS WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN. DX-L HAND LACERATION # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WITH CELLULITIS TO HAND FROM STRIKING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2009 | Age: 21 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 |
| PT HIT DUMPSTER. CONTUSION R HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 FELL FROM GARBAGE CAN HE WAS TRYING TO SIT ON 3 DAYS AGO AND HAS HAN D PAIN SINCE. D: CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 22 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 |
| STRUCK A DUMPSTER WITH R FIST DX R METACARPAL FX * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2009 | Age: 19 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, Chairs |
| DX R HAND LAC/R HAND PUNCTURE: R HAND LAC S/P TRY'G TO THROW CHAIR INTO DUMPSTER THAT FELL BACK INTO HIM. CUT ON UNK OBJECT F CHAIR/ NAIL? |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PICKED UP GARBAGE CAN WHICH HAD A FIRE IN IT. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS BILAT HANDS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCHED PLASTIC TRASH CAN WITH FIST DISLOCATION ON HAND # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| 20YO HISP MALE STS 2WKS AGO PUNCHED A PLASTIC DUMPSTER W R HAND,C/O PX-SWELLING - DX ACUTE R HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2009 | Age: 21 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 |
| PT PUNCHED A DUMPSTER IN A PARKING LOT AND INJURED HAND DX// RIGHT HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| PICKING UP TRASH CAN AND LAC HAND ON IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 23 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 |
| HIT HAND ON TRASH CAN CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2009 | Age: 16 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 |
| HIT HAND ON DUMPSTER. DX HAND FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2009 | Age: 20 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 |
| DX R HAND ABRASIONS/SWELL'G: R HAND INJ AFTER PUNCH'G TRASH CAN. +ETOH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2009 | Age: 22 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, Metal containers |
| 22YMC PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN IN GARBAGE CAN AND A POP TOP LID FROM SOUP CAN CUT PALM/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 23Y/O,F,CUT HAND ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN, LAC. L HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 24 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| R HAND FX. AFTER HITTING METAL GARBAGE CANS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS WALKING HOME, TRIPPED OVER RECYCLING BIN AND FELL ON GLASS. DX. LAC L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2009 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT WAS THROWING OUT THE TRASH AND A PIECE OF GLASS FROM TRASH CUT PT'S HAND/FOREARM. DX: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SLIPPED AND GRABBED ONTO DUMPSTER AND LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2009 | Age: 24 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 |
| PT SCRATCHED BY A SQUIRELL THAT WAS IN A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME DX// ABRASION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | 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 STRUCK A TRASH CAN AND INJURED HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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