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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 431
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 43 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 |
| LEFT ARM LAC, PT CUT ARM WHEN PUTTING TRASH IN TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | 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 |
| HOMELESS PT WAS DUMPSTER DIVING FOR ALUMINUM CANS WHEN CAUGHT FOREARM O N GLASS OR METAL. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2005 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Toilets |
| FB LEFT ARM. PT WAS PUTTING A PORCELIN TOILET INTO DUMPSTER AND GOT A C HIP IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 29 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 |
| CUT F.ARM ON PIECE OF GLASS PUTTING GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SET GARBAGE CAN DOWN AND NOTICED POISON IVY WRAPPED AROUND IT POISON I VY DERMATITIS FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 33 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, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT FELL OFF RECYCLING BIN WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB IN WINDOW. DX: DISPLACED R DISTAL RADIUS/ULNAR STYLOID FX'S. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2005 | Age: 30 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| MOVING TRASH CANS FX ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2005 | Age: 44 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 |
| LACERATION TO THE RIGHT LOWER ARM AFTER CUTTING IT ON THE TRASH CAN WHI LE PUTTING TRASH IN IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCTURE FOREARM - 42 YOM WAS DIGGING IN TRASH CAN TO RETRIEVE SOME ART ICLE AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM FROM BROKEN GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2005 | Age: 49 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 |
| LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT FELL CUTTING FOREARM ON A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 45 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 ON CONCRETE, C/O PAIN R ARM, FELL OFF DUMPSTER LIFTER, DX; FX RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2005 | Age: 29 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 |
| TRIPPED / FELL HIT ARM ON DUMPSTER OUTSIDE HOME DX: R FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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