Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2002 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,513
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	212
6-15 years old:	798
16-25 years old:	547
26-50 years old:	1,856
50+ years old:	1,098

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 33 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
PT STATES SHE PUT HAND IN TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 59 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 THUMB LACERATION.PT LACERATED THUMB ON A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
OPEN FRACTURE LEFT 3RD FINGER.PT HAD A DUMPSTER LID FALL ON FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 31 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
PT PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN , LAC RT MIDLLE FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	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
48 Y/O W/F SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER INCISED WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 10 months	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
REACHED INTO TRASH CAN-CUT FINGER ON METAL DRINK CAN DX LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 69 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
CUT FINGER PUTTING TRASH IN TRASH CAN FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 77 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 WALKING DOWN HIS DRIVEWAY WITH THE GARBAGE CAN WHEN HE FELL SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 28 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
PT EMPTYING TRASH TO TRASH BIN WHEN HIT FINGER ON RIM OF TRASH CAN. D: CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BILATERAL FINGER TIPS BURNED-TOUCHED A HOT GARBAGE BURN BARREL-AT HOME FD NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT.INJ.RT.2ND.FINGER AT SCHOOL WHEN SMASHED IN DUMPSTER DOOR. DX; LAC. RT.INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 3 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 REMOVED LID FROM TRASH CAN CUTTING RT INDEX FINGER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 15 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 WAS THROWING GARBAGE IN TRASH CAN HITTING FINGER AGAINST CAN, CONTUS ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 GARBAGE CANS DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 43 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
PUSHING GARBAGE INTO CAN & LAC OCCURED TO TOP OF RT HAND 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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:RIGHT 5TH FINGER FRACTURE. PUNCHED A DUMPSTER 4 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 12 months	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
LACERATED FINGER ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
STATES DUMPSTER LID FELL DOWN ON HER HANDS. L 2ND AND 4H FINGERS CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 22 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 RIGHT HAND MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS LACERATIONS: CAUGHT HAND IN CLOSING DUMPSTER LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 17 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
PATIENT STUCK HAND IN GARBAGE PAIL TO REACH FOR SOMETHING CUTTING 3RD A ND 4TH FINGERS ON GLASS AT HOME; FINGER LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 10 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
HURT FINGER ON A DUMPSTER 2 HRS PTA-DX-ACUTE L THIRD FINGER 1.5 CM LACE RATION-REPAIRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 21 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
METAL TRASH CAN INJURED FINGER DX: CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 34 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
HIT FINGER BETWEEN DUMPSTER DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	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, Bags
PT PUTTING A GARBAGE BAG IN THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A PI ECE OF GLASS IN THE TRASH SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2002	Age: 51 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
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON GARBAGE PAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES STUCK RT FINGER IN TRASH CAN 2 WEEKS AGO AND WAS STUCK WITH SOMETHING. DX: RT INDEX FINGER CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2002	Age: 22 months	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 CUT RT 2ND DIGIT ON CAN IN TRASH CAN, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 74 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
PT FELL INTO EDGE OF GARBGE CAN DX: FX RT 5TH FINGER +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 42 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, Metal containers
PT CUT FINGER WHEN PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN CAN AND CUT FINGER ON CAN LID AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 SMASHED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER 2 DAYS AGO ON TRASH CAN LID AT *** -TIP OF FINGER RED AND SWOLLEN. D: TRAUMA 3RD DIGIT L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 24 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
PATIENT LACERATED FINGER WHEN REACHING INTO GARBAGE CAN. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 19 months	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
REACHING INTO TRASH CAN CUT FINGER FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 18 months	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, Metal containers
PT GRABBED A CAN FROM THE TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON IT. D: LACERATI ON LEFT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 12 months	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
CUT FINGER ON CAN IN GARBAGE CAN DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2002	Age: 18 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
FINGER LAC-CUT WHILE STICKING GARBAGE IN TRASH CAN-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 37 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, Other glass bottles or jars
37 YOM WAS EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN AND CUT RT. INDEX FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS (BROKEN GLASS BOTTLE). LACERATION, RT. INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	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
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION OF INDEX FINGER DUE TO A GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 62 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, PT WAS SMASHING DOWN TRASH IN TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON S OMETHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 52 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
DX RIGHT THUMB CONTUSION: SMASHED THUMB IN LID OF CLOSING DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 17 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 FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN 2 HRS PTA-DX-ACUTE 2 CM FIGNER LACERATION REP AIRJED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 78 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
FELL TAKING OUT TRASH - TRASH CAN FELL ON HAND FINGER ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
AVULSED FINGER ON TRASH CONTAINER IN BATHROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 40 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
PT DX FINGER LACERATION/DISTAL PHALANX FX/NAIL AVULSION - CRUSHED IN LARGE GARBAGE DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 25 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
LEFT THUMB LAC, PT INJURED FINGER FROM GETTING IT CUT BY OBJECT IN TRAS H CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 56 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
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON WASTE BASKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 46 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 C/O SMALL LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER BY A GARBAGE CAN COVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PTS.MOTHER REPORTED PT.C/O PAIN TO LT.RING FINGER LT.HAND SUSTAIN WHEN FELL ON TRASH CAN. DX- FRACTURE 3RD,4TH &5TH FINGERR LT.HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 49 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
PT C/O WAS EMPTYING A GARBAGE CAN AND CUT HIS FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 54 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
PATIENT CAUGHT FINGER UNDER TRASH CAN WHILE CLEANING YARD. D: FINGERLAC ERAITON, CRUSH INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 66 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 LAC R 4TH FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOMEDX 1 CM LAC R 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 52 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 CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING IN TRASH CAN DX: THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 15 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 PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN IN A GARBAGE CAN WHEN THERE WAS A PIECE OF BROK EN GLASS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 14 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
PATIENT PUSHED BROKEN GLASS DOWN IN TRASH CAN AND LACERATED FINGER.D: F INGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 63 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, Coffee makers or teapots
PUSHING DOWN THE GARBAGE AND CUT HER HAND ON A BROKEN COFFEEPOT. DX RIG HT RING AND 5TH FINGER LACS WITH NERVE LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 21 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: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCHED A TRASH CAN. DX LEFT 5TH FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 66 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, Metal containers
CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN RUSTY DUMPSTER AND TOP OF SODA CAN LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2002	Age: 4 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: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT STUCK FINGER WITH DIRTY INSULIN SYRINGE SHE FOUND IN GARBAGE CA N IN PARKING LOT; NEEDLE STICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2002	Age: 12 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, Metal containers
PT WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN A TRASH CAN & CUT FINGER ON LID FROMA CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 72 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 LEFT INDEX FINGER. PT WAS PUTTING TRASH IN CAN AND CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 51 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
CUT LEFT FOREFINGER ON TRASH CANLACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2002	Age: 56 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
SMASHED LEFT RING FINGER ON DUMPSTERAVULSION NAIL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 74 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
74 Y/O W/M LACERATED FINGER WHILE WASHING OUT GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 21 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 3RD FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS THAT WAS IN A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	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
WAS TAKING THE GARBAGE CAN AWAY FROM HER DOG AND AGGRESSIVELY BIT HER O N BOTH HANDS AND FOREARM, RESULTING IN OPEN FX. OF THE FINGER, MULT. LA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 35 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 PUTTING TRASH INTO GARBAGE CAN, LAC RT RING FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLA SS, LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
STRAINED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT ON WASTE CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 26 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
#26YOM MOVING GARBAGE CAN AND FELL ON SIDEWALK SCRAPPING HAND DX-CONTUSION RT INDEX, MIDDLE, & RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 46 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 SLAMMED GARBAGE CAN LID ONTO FINGER. DX: R LITTLE FINGER FX/HEMATOMA, NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 40 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 A TRASH CAN AT 11PM. DX. FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SPR;CONT L IND FING/6YOWF STS GARBAGE CAN FELL ON FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 60 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 GARBAGE BUCKET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2002	Age: 8 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 CAUGHT FINGER IN GARBAGE CAN WHILE AT MUSEUM, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 36 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
RT 3RD FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 48 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 STATES WAS REACHING INTO A GARBAGE CAN AND CUT HER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 30 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
LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER THROWING TRASH IN A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 52 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
REACHED INTO TRASH CAN DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 24 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
24 YOM LAC TO FINGER FROM TRASH CAN LID (METAL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 18 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 SHUT FINGER IN DUMPSTER, FX LACERATION R LONG FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	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
PRESSED DOWN ON GARBAGE IN CAN AT HOME, A CLEAN LID FROM INFANT FORMULA CUT HER FINGERS. DX LACERATIONS RIGHT 3RD, 4TH, 5TH FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
HAND BANGED AGAINST GARBAGE CAN DX. THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 44 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
WAS REACHING INTO THE BOTTOM OF TRASH CAN, CUT HIS FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 18 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, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO GARBAGE CAN, CUT FINGER ON BROKEN PICTURE FRA ME/LT RING FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 27 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
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER FROM A PIECE OF GLASS IN A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 13 months	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
PATIENT CUT FINGER POSSIBLY ON TRASH CAN LID WHEN PLAYING IN TRASH AT H OME; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 60 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
PUSHING TRASH INTO CAN AND CUT LEFT THUMB ON SOMETHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 CAUGHT FINGER IN TRASH CAN C/O PAIN DX; CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 43 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
WHILE PUSHING BIN, CUT FINGER DX: LACERATION RT. MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN GARBAGE CAN CAUSING DISLOCATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2002	Age: 13 months	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
CUT FINGER ON METAL LID OF TRASH CAN LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
DUMPSTER LID FELL ON FINGER DX: FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	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 HAD DUMPSTER COVER FALL ON FINGER, ACUTE HEMATOMA L 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 24 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
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LAC, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH TO CAN AND CUT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 57 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUST SPRAIN TO FINGER CARRYING GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2002	Age: 71 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, Razors or shavers
PATIENT STUCK HAND IN TRASH CAN AND GOT CUT BY RAZOR THAT WAS IN T RASH. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO 4TH FINGER, RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 49 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
49-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FINGER AS A RESULT OF CUTTING IT ON A METAL TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 12 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 TAKING A RECYCLABLE TRASH CAN OUT & CUT HER HAND ON PC OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 12 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 RT THUMB ON A METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 45 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 DUMPSTER; LT MID FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	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
FINGER LACERATION- PT. ACCIDENTLY INJURED HIMSELF ON A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
"DISLOCATED" KNUCKLE L LONG FINGER- H APPENED WHILE THROWING AWAY TRASH HIT FINGER AGAINST DUMPSTER. DX; LT 3RD DIGIT CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 43 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 PUSHED HAND INTO TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER. DX: R FIFTH FINGER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 10 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, Tableware and accessories
PT PUSHED HAND INTO TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON BROKEN CERAMIC CUP DX: 1 CM R MIDDLE FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 26 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
LAC (R) THUMB, PT SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 20 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
CONTUSION (L) 4TH FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	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
TAKING GARBAGE OUT OF CAN TO PUT IN DUMPSTER WHEN INJURY OCCURRED DX: ACUTE LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2002	Age: 24 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: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN AND BIT BY A RAT. DX RAT BITE TO RIGHT 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 48 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: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CAUGHT HAND IN DUMPSTER LID - CRUSH INJURY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES WAS INJ BY A HEAVY METAL TRASH CAN LID AT SCHOOL DX: RT 4TH FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	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
LEFT 5TH DIGIT LAC. PT CUT FINGER ON A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 50 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 L MIDDLE FINGER ON A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. 1.5CM LAC TO L MID FINGER $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 61 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
LAC (R) THUMB, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	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
10 YOM FELL OVER A TRASH CAN AT HOME. SPRAIN, RT. INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 57 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
PT C/O TRASH CAN LID FELL ON LT 3RD FINGER - DX LACERATION DORSAL ASPECT OF FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 44 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
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HERSELF WHEN PUTTING TRASH DOWN INTO A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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