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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 170
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT HUMERUS FX.19YOF TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| MOVING TRASH CAN A SQUIRRELL JUMPED OUT SCRATCHED HIS ARM ANIMAL BITE RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LAC UPPER ARM-BILAT: W LIFT'G LID OF DUMPSTER SLIP'D ON ICE & CUT BOTH UPPER ARMS ON GARBAGE CAN. L ARM W 2IN. LAC & R ARM W 2CM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRASH CAN BURNING FLARED UP INTO FACE, ARMS AND LEGS AT SCHOOL. DX BUR NS FACE, R/L ARMS, R/L LEGS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT ARM ON GLASS STICKING OUT OF DUMPSTER WHEN WALKING PASS DX: LAC TO UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/1999 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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