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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,000
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/15/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 23YF WAS WIPED OUT BY A TRASH CAN; WALKING DOG AND PULLED INTO TRASH CA NS FELL INJURED WRIST,DX ABRASION TO RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 24YOM LIFTING HEAVY TRASH CAN AT HOME AND STRAINED LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2010 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX WRIST PN: 16YOM FOOSH AFTER TRIP' OVER LID ON TRASH CAN, NUMBNESS & TINGL' TO 2ND THRU 5TH DIGITS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 25YOM BANGED (R) WRIST ON SOMETHING, DUMPING TRASH CAN DX;* (R) WRIST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS CUT ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: L WRIST LAC <2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tableware and accessories |
| WRIST LAC-PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN-CUT ON BROKEN DISH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 20YOM, WRITST CAUGHT BETWEEN GARBAGE CANS , CONTUSION WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SLAMMED WRIST ON SIDE OF DUMPSTER. DX: WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 20YO WHITE MALE STS TAKING OUT THE TRASH-LID ON TRASH CAN WAS OPEN & CAME DOWN ON PTS ARM, R WRIST LACERATION,DX R ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT.INJ.L.WRIST AT HOME WHEN PUTTING TRASH IN DUMPSTER & POKED WRIST ON A PIECE OF GLASS. DX; LAC.L.WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 21YOM ACCIDENTLY HIT RIGHT WRIST ON LID OF GARBAGE CAN AT HOME; WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED WRIST SPRAIN WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A GARBAGE CAN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUSHING TRAHS DOWN IN GARBAGE CAN,CUT WRIST ON GLASS DX LACERATION R WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LACERTED INTERIOR LEFT WRIST, 2.5 CM VERTICLE, ON METAL TRASH BIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WRIST FX-JUMPED OFF A GARBAGE CAN-IN THE STREET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 23 YOM-DUMPING TRASH CAN-CAN FELL OVER CAUSING WRIST TO TWIST/SPRAIN WR IST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT INJURED WRIST 5 MONTHS AGO, TODAY PICKED UP DUMPSTER, REINJURED WRIS T, SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SLIPPED AND FELL OFF TRASH CAN LID, L WRIST PAIN DX; WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC L WRIST, PT GOT CUT W/THE GARBAGE CAN, NO LOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LACERATION RIGHT WRIST: CUT ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT WRIST SPRAIN.PT LIFTED A TRASH CAN AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT WRIST LAC, PT CUT WRIST PUSHING TRASH DOWN INTO CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT WRIST ON A DUMPSTER. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT WRIST SPR. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN PULLING ON A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL AGAINST GARBAGE CAN DX. WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT WRIST ON TOP OF TRASH CAN DX LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN LIFTING TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT WRIST ON TRASH BIN C/O BLEEDING DX LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN TO WRIST LIFTING GARBAGE..WRIST PAIN STRAIN/SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX:R WRIST LAC. STUFFING GARBAGE INTO CAN AND CUT ON GLASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 21 YO FEMALE HIT WRIST ON CORNER OF WOODEN GARBAGE CONTAINER TRAUMATIC TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC TO R WRIST, CUT ON UNKNOWN TRASH IN DUMPSTER DX: OLD LAC TO R WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT WRIST ON TRASH CAN DX LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 23YO M PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN AND CUT WRIST ON BROKEN GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT WRIST FX. PT FELL OFF A DUMPSTER INJURING WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT WRIST CONT. PT WAS CARRYING TRASH CAN AND FELL INJURING WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX RIGHT WRIST LACERATION: CUT WRIST ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS EMPTYING A TRASHCAN AND HURT WRIST; RT WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT RT WRIST ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN DX: 1CM LAC RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2001 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2001 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2000 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2000 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2000 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2000 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/1999 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Other glass doors |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/1999 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/15/1999 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/1999 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/1999 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/1999 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/1999 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/1999 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/1998 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/1998 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/1997 | 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: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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