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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,336
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2009 | Age: 49 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 49YOF WRIST INJURY WHILE LIFTING A TRASH CAN DX: THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 39 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 GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: L THUMB LAC 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2009 | 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 |
| LEFT 4TH FINGER FX. PT TRIPPED OVER CEMENT BLOCK AND HIT HAND ON A DUMP STER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | Age: 35 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 |
| PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN CAN AND LAC THUMB ON A SHARP PIECE OF PLASTIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 30 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 FINGER ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN/ RT 4TH DIGIT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Age: 28 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 |
| CUT FINGER ON OBJECT IN TRASH CAN LACERATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 28 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 MIDDLE FINGER LAC.PT HAD A DUMPSTER LID LACERATE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 48YFC LIFTING GARBAGE CAN AT HANDLE AND THUMB BENT SIDEWAYS SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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, Bottles or jars |
| FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTNG ON BROKEN GLASS BOTTLE IN TRASH CAN DX-LACERATION TO RIGHT 4TH DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN SHUT IN TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | Age: 44 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 |
| PT CLEANING OUT A GARBAGE CAN AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 42 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 SUS LAC TO FINGER AFTER CUTTING IT ON SHARP OBJECT IN TRASH CAN% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2009 | Age: 31 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 CUT (L) KNUCKLES WHILE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF TRASH DX;# LAC (L) MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2009 | Age: 48 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 |
| PT DX RT THUMB LACERATION - S/P PT CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2009 | 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 |
| PT CUT THUMB ON SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: L THUMB LAC 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2009 | Age: 47 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 |
| GOT FINGER SMASHED WITH GARBAGE CAN FRACTURE TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FINGER INJURY FROM HITTING ON TRASH CAN. DX-SPRAIN, CONTUSION, RIGHT RING FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | 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 |
| FINGER INJURY FROM SLAMMING ON TRASH CAN LID. DX-RIGHT 5TH DISTAL PHALYNX FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 33 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 |
| PT SMASHED THUMB ON DUMPSTER. DX: L THUMB CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 33 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-CUT ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN WHILE PUSHING THE TRASH DOWN-@ H OME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STATES HE WAS DIGGIG IN DUMPSTER WHEN HE WAS STUCK BY A NEEDLE NO EV IDENCE OF PUNCTURE WOUND DX CELLULITIS RT MIDDLE FINGER* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT WAS CLEANING A CLINIC AFTER HOURS, THERE WAS A CONTAMINATED NEEDLE IN TRASH, IT SCRATCHED LT INDEX FINGER. DX-ABRASION TO FINGER-NEEDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 35YO AMERICAN INDIAN MALE STS THROWNING TRASH AWAY CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN, DX LACERATION R INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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 HAD LID ON DUMPSTER FALL ON HER FINGER AT HOME DX/ LEFT SMALL FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2009 | Age: 31 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 |
| DX R HAND MIDDLE FINGER LAC: PUSH'G TRASH INTO THE TRASH CAN & CUT ON UNK OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED FINGER LACERATION WHILE THROWING AWAY GARBAGE IN THE TRASH CAN.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2009 | 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-CUT WHILE PUSHING DOWN THE TRASH IN GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRYING TO OPEN A TRASH CAN (DUMPSTER)BIT BY A RAT ANIMAL BITE LEFT FOURTH (4TH) FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2009 | Age: 48 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 CLEANING OUT A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2009 | Age: 29 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 HIT FINGER ON EDGE OF DUMPSTER. DX: L 2ND FINGER LAC 1.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2009 | Age: 50 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 |
| DUMPSTER FELL ON RT HAND YESTERDAY DX: RT 3RD FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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