Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,296
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Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT TUMB PW. PT WAS EMPTYING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TWISTED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 41 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
PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN A CAN AND LACERATED HIS HAND. DX LACERATION L 1ST FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 38 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
FINGER LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 31 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
CUT TO FINGER ON TRASH CAN DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT THROWING GARBAGE INTO A DUMPSTER AND THE LID FELL BACK ONTO LEFT FI FTH FINGER DISLOCATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	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
35YOF WAS AT *** PURCHASED A TRASH CAN,WAS PUTTING TRASH CAN INTO CAR,I NJURED LT THUMB;THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 29 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
PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME DX/ LAC RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Towels or cloths
PT CLEANING A TRASH CAN WITH A CLOTH THAT WAS WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND IN DEX FINGER NOW IT HURTS FINGER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2008	Age: 49 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
FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTING ON TRASH CAN. DX-ACUTE 1 CM RIGHT 2ND FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 29 YO FEMALE STATES MOVING A PORCELAIN GARBAGE CAN AND IT BROKE CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	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
LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC.PT WAS CLEANING OUT A TRASH CAN AND LACERATED FINGE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 37 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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON METAL IN TRASH IN GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 45 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: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT THUMB ON A CARBAGE CAN LID, LACERATION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 31 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
R MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN DUMPSTER LID DX; FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING SHARP WHEN REACHING IN GARBAGE CAN. DX. SKIN AV ULSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	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
LACERATION RT THUMB-SUS A 1CM LAC TO RT THUMB WHEN SHE CUT IT ON SOMETH ING IN THE TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 38 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
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS IN A GRABAGE CAN >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	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
PT DX FINGER LACERATION - S/P CUT ON GARBAGE PAIL LID AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Insect induced injuries
PT TAKING OUT HER GARBAGE CANS TO THE ROADWAY LAST NIGHT AND WAS BIT ON THE FINGER BY AN INSECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 43 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 WAS PUTTING SOMETHING INTO RECYCLE BIN & CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS DX: LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 37 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
37 YO REACHING INTO TRASH CAN INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	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
CUT ON TRASH CAN DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	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
HIT TRASH CAN/ LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED FINGER WHEN LIFTING DOOR ON THE DUMPSTER DX: CRUSH INJ TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 27 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
FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN TRYING TO PUSH INTO DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 40 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: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Kitchen mixing bowls, canisters or similar containers
40Y/O,M,PUSHING GLASS BOWL INTO TRASH, CUT FINGERS, LAC. R 3RD & 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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, Doors
PT SUSTAINED DUE TO INJURY OF THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER, WHEN SHE SLAMMED HER FINGER BETWEEN A GARBAGE CAN AND A DOOR. DX: SPRAIN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 46 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX R 3RD PROXIMAL PHALANGE CONTU: CRANKING OPEN LARGE RECYCLE BIN WITH WOODED HANDLE, HAND SLIPPED, HANDLE SPUN AROUND AND HIT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 44 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
GOT THUMB SMASHED IN DUMPSTER LID AT HOME. DX; FRACTURE THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 30 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTING THE LID OF A DUMPSTER AND IT CAME DOWN ONTO RIGHT HAND CONTU SION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
38 YO HIT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	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
LEFT 4TH FINGER CONT. PT CRUSHED FINGER BETWEEN A TRASH CAN AND GRANITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 31 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
31 YO INJURED FINGER ON TRASH CAN LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 37 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
LAC TO R 5TH FINGER ON TRASH CAN DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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