Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,105
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Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT 5TH DIGIT LAC. PT CUT FINGER ON A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
30YOM INJ FINGER ON DUMPSTER AT HOME DX/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:FX R THUMB WITH SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA. THROWING OUT GARBAGE WHEN DUMPST ER LID CAME DOWN ON THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 38 YOF LACERATED HER RIGHT THUMB ON A GARBAGE CAN L ID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BITTEN BY A STRAY KITTEN AT HOME WHEN TRYING TO GET KITTEN OUT OF HIS GARBAGE CAN. DX PUNCTURE WOUNDS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHING INTO GARBAGE CAN AT HOME AND CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CAUGHT HAND IN DUMPSTER, FX TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL INTO DUMPSTER AT DUMP. DX: R THUMB SPRAIN, R HIP CONT, R KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HE CAUGHT FINGER ON METAL SPRING OF TRASH CAN LACERATING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LACERATED FINGER DIGGING IN THE DUMPSTER DX: 1 1/2 CM. LACERATION, RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. CUT HER THUMB ON TIN LID IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HE WAS REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O GOT CUT BY METAL WHILE LIFTING GARBAGE CAN - DX LACERATION TO LT MID FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT CUT HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. DX-1CM RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:R FINGER LAC. REMEMBERS DRINKING WINE THEN FALLING INTO A GARBAGE CA N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 48 YOF LACERATED HER RIGHT THUMB ON METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
36 YO MALE GOT LEFT THUMB CAUGHT IN LID OF TRASH CAN TUFT FRACTURE 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS REACHING INTO A GARBAGE CAN TO PUSH DOWEN THE TRASH WHEN THERE W AS GLASS IN THE CAN SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
49 YOF CUT ON CAN LID IN TRASH CAN LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO L INDEX FINGER WHILE PUTTING SOMETHING IN TRASHCAN. DX. LAC R I NDEX FINGER, CELLULITIS L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUS AVULSION TO FINGER BY A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT ON GARBAGE CAN LID. DX: LAC 1.5 CM L SMALL FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
32 YOWF WAS FOOLING AROUND AND ACCIDENTALLY PUNCHED A METAL TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT WAS CUT ON CAN LID IN TRASH CAN. DX: 1 CM L FOURTH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING IN TRASH CAN LACERATION TO 3RD DIGIT 1.5 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CLOSED THUMB IN DUMPSTER TOP;HEMATOMA TO FINGER NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN LID AT MOVIE THEATER. D: FINGER LACE RATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON A METAL TRASH CAN LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCHED A GARBAGE BARREL FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE EMPTYING GARBAGE AND CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE PALE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, House repair or construction materials
CRUSHED RT THUMB BETWEEN DUMPSTER & CINDER BLOCK. ACUTE TUFT FX RT THUM B W/ TRAUMATIC AVULSION ON THUMB NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT CUT FINGER ON CAN WHEN PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO GARBAGE CAN DX:FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX:FX L DISTAL THUMB. SMASHED THUMB IN A DUMPSTER 5 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls
SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN DUMPSTER & WALL DX: LACEATION RT. 4TH FINGER W/ DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN IN TRASH CAN AT HOME, CUT FINGER ON CAN LID. DX: LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HE SMASHED HIS THUMB ON A GARBAGE CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HE WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE AND CUT HIS FINGER ON A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO FINGER AFTER GETTING IT CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX TUFT R LITTLE FINGER - CAUGHT FINGER IN DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LT. INDEX FINGER SMAHED BY DUMPSTER LID DX: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic bags
48 Y/O F INJURED L INDEX FINGER PUTTING OUT GARBAGE CAN , SOMTHING CUT THRU PLASTIC TRASH BAG AT HOME.DX; L INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED L MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN BETWEEN HANDLE OF GARBAGE CAN YEST ERDAY, SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA L 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
28 Y.O. B FEMALE W/FINGER LAC. PT CUT SELF WHILE EMPTYING TRASH CAN @ H OME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT 5TH FINGER LACERATION.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AND INJURED FI NGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT THUMB LAC-CUT ON GARBAGE CAN-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT R 4TH FINGER ON TRASH CAN LID.DX FINGER LAC 4CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT RECEIVED BRUISE TO THUMB WHEN SLAMMED GARBAGE CAN LID ON HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
FINGER LAC-CUT WHILE PUSHING TRASH INTO A WASTE BASKET-CUT ON A TIN CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 50 YOM CUT TIP OFF OF LEFT INDEX FINGER AT APPROX 4 PM, UNABLE TO STOP BLEEDING, THREW TIP IN TRASH CAN, L HAND DOMINANT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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