Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,914
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	105
Year 1998:	94
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	137
Year 2001:	143
Year 2002:	152
Year 2003:	179
Year 2004:	152
Year 2005:	231
Year 2006:	179
Year 2007:	97
Year 2008:	74
Year 2009:	304
Year 2010:	42

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/27/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
23 YR OLD MALE THROWIN GOUT TRASH WHEN BAG OPENED LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
23YOM WAS TAKING OUT GARBAGE AND CUT L ARM ON GARBAGE CAN DX- ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2010	Age: 17 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
17YOM- PT WAS WALKING BY TRASH CAN WITH LARGE PIECES OF GLASS STICKING OUT OF IT BRUSHED AGAINST GLASS CUTTING LEFT ARM. DX L- FOREARM LACERAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Basketball
16 YOM PLAYING STREET BASKETBALL, JUMPED UP AND CAME DOWN ONTO ALLEY ME TAL GARBAGE CAN AND CUT ARM. DX: LACERATION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 CUT LEFT ARM ON METAL ATTACHED TO INSIDE OF TRASH CAN, LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 21 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
21Y/O,M CUT FOREARM ON A BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN AT HOME, LAC. L FORE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	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
LAC TO ARM FROM OBJECT IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 19 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
R FOREARM LAC/19YOM CUT L FOREARM ON GLASS WHILE LOADING GARBAGE INTO D UMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS BREAKING A BOARD OVER TRASH CAN AND HIT WRIST DX: RT FOREARM INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
25 YOM CUT ARM ON METAL THAT WAS IN TRASH CAN LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT FOREARM STR. PT STRAINED FOREARM WHEN PULLING OUT TRASH CANS,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT FOREARM ABRASION.PT WAS MOVING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 21 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 WAS THROWING GLASS IN DUMPSTER AND IT FLEW UP. DX: L FOREARM LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCHED A DUMPSTER AND HURT LEFT HAND. D : FRACTURE LEFT RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
19 YO HIT ARM ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Alcohol
GOT (L) FOREARM CAUGHT IN DUMPSTER +ETOH HAS LAC TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
LAC R FOREARM, PT GOT CUT W/BROKEN GLASS FROM A GARBAGE CAN SOMEPLACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
LACERATION FOREARM - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON EDGE OF A DUMSPTER AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 21 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
21 YOM WAS FOOLING AROUND AND FELL LANDING ON TRASH CAN WITH GLASS IN I T CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL INTO TRASH CAN SPRAIN FOREARM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT RESTRAINED DRIVER IN 1 CAR ACCIDENT, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, HIT A DUM PSTER IN PARKING LOT AT 20 MPH; FOREARM/SHOUDLER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 19 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
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OFF DUMPSTER DX: FX RT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2005	Age: 21 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
21Y/O W/M CUT FOREARM WHEN PUTTING GLASS IN DUMPSTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL FROM 5 FOOT WAL INTO A DUMPSTER 3 HOURS AGO. ARM ABRASIONS, CHE ST PAIN. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER TRASH CAN DX. FOREARM CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHING INSIDE OF A TRASH CAN WHEN A BLACK WIDOW SPIDER BITE HIM IN THE LEFT LOWER ARM INSECT BITE ARM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STRUCK LT WRIST ON A DUMPSTER DX: RT FOREARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2003	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: 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: 08/01/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: 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: 07/07/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: 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: 02/21/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
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: 11/11/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THROWING BOARD INTO DUMPSTER AT HOME, FLEW BACK HITTING FOREARM. DX: C ONTUSION FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
ACCIDENTALLY CUT R FOREARM ON A GARBAGE CAN. 5CM LAC R FOREARM $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2001	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2001	Age: 22 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2000	Age: 18 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, Flying toys
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2000	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2000	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2000	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/1999	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/1998	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/1998	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/1998	Age: 17 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, Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/1998	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/1997	Age: 25 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/1997	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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