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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,626
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT LIFTED A ROCK OUT OF GARBAGE CAN. DX: DISCOGENIC LUMBAR PX, SCIATICA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STR. PT INJURED BACK WHEN CARRYING OUT A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND FELT A POP IN BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT INJURED LOWER BACK MOVING TRASH CAN DX STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN LIFTING GARBAGE CAN DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 41 YO F WAS TAKING OUT GARBAGE & STARTED COUGHING & PULLED HER BACK. DX LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 39 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BACK STRAIN. PT INJ WHILE LIFTING GARBAGE CAN @ HOME . E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN AMD STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HURT BACK LIFTING GARBAGE CAN LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN WHEN LIFTING H EAVY GARBAGE AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| ABD PAIN. PT DEVELOPED PAIN WHEN CARRYING TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT LIFTED A GARBAGE CAN AND INJ LOW BACK DX: LUMBAR STRAIN + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BACK STR. PT WAS CARRYING OUT A TRASH CAN AND STRAINED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN WHILE CARRYING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIP CONTUSION, ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL - 40 YOM FELL AT HOME WHILE CARRYING RECYCLING BIN, INJURY TO LEFT HIP, HAD BEEN DRINKING EARLIER IN DAY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 38YOF-LUMBAR STRAIN-LIFTING TRASH CONTAINER TODAY-TWISTED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN CARRYING TRASH CAN TO CURB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING UP A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| INJURED CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELT POP IN HIP WHILE PICKING UP TRASH CAN 2 HOURS AGO, PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT MOVING TRASH CANS AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LOW BACK PAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SPRAIN LWR BACK, VIA EMS, PT STS LIFTING GARBAGE CANS & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT WITH LOW BACK PAIN SINCE BENDING WRONG WHEN PICKING UP TRASH CAN IN JANUARY. D: LOW BACK PAIN, POSSIBLE UTI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LOW BACK PAIN-PT WAS INJURED WHILE FALLING INTO A DUMPSTER. C/O MUSCLE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LOW BACK PAIN-PT WAS INJURED WHILE DUMPING LARGE TRASH CANS. C/O PAIN R ADIATING DOWN TO BILATERAL LEGS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT LIFTED A GARBAGE CAN LAST WEEK. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRUCK ON THE LOWER BACK BY A MOBLE TRASH DUMPSTER.LUMBAR CONTUSION $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLEPT LAST WEEK ON A COUCH COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN THEN LAST EVENIN G LIFTED A GARBAGE CAN- STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BACK/SHOULDER STR. PT LIFTED A HEAVY TRASH CAN AND STRAINED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STR. PT WAS LIFTING TRASH CAN AND STRAINED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STR. PT WAS MOVING TRASH CANS AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| INJURED CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LIFTED TRASH CAN, LOW BACK PAINMUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STR. PT WAS CARRYING TRASH CANS TO CURB AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN LIFTING GARBAGE CAN DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN LIFTING TRASH CAN DX. ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STRAIN - INJURED LOWER BACK AFTER PICKING UP HEAVY TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR STRAIN - INJURED LOWER BACK PICKING UP A LARGE TRASH CONTAINER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT LIFTED A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LUMBAR PAIN. PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUTTING TRASH IN BIN AND STRAINED BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING TRASH CAN THIS MORNING. LS STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WAS MOVING DUMPSTER ADN DEVELOPED RLQ PAIN ABDOMINAL WALL SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| $LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| ABDOMEN CONTUSION - FELL ONTO A RUBBER BIN AT HOME INJURING ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN WHILE LIFTING TRASH CAN DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| $LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS MOVING TRASH CANS AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT GROIN PAIN. PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN GROIN AREA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT ASLEEP IN A DUMPSTER, SOMEONE THREW IN SOME WOOD, STRAINED LOWE R BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN TO FLOOR DX. LS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|