|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,245
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TWISTED ANKLE FELL INTO DUMPSTER DX: ANKLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT HER RIGHT ANKLE ON A GARBAGE CAN TWO DAYS AGO GOT INFECTED SUSTA INED A CELLULITIS TO ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| THROWING TRASH OUT IN GARBAGE OUTSIDE PT TRIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TOOK OUT THE GARBAGE AT HOME STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED ANKLE....R A NKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps |
| 25 YO MALE TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE CARRYING TRASH CAN DOWN STAIRS ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STATES HE WAS PUTTING TRASH IN THE DUMPSTER SLIPPED AND ROLLED ANKLE RT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STATES WHILE THROWING AWAY TRASH DUMPSTER FELL ON PT PINNING HIM UNDER IT------------DX: LEFT ANKLE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT. TWISTED L ANKLE AND FELL IN DRIVEWAY. WAS PULLING TRASH CAN FROM R OAD AND FELL. DX. SPRAIN R ANKLE/FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 32 YOM SLIPPED AND FELL CARRYING TRASH CANS FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2004 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STATES GARBAGE CAN FELL ON FOOT 5 DAYS AGO DX ANKLE SPRAIN / CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Track and field |
| PT TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN WHILE RUNNING LAPS IN GYM WITH RT ANKLE INJUR Y, SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC L ANKLE, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK A GARBAGE CAN & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, BLEEDING, ROM NORMAL, NO VASCULAR COMPROMISE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SITTING ON TRASH CAN DRINKING COFFE E AND HAD SEIZURE FELL AND INJUR ED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/03/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN - LEFT ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WALKING OUT TO TRASH CAN WHEN TWISTED ANKLE. HEARD POP. D: ANKLE SPR AIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 30 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE TAKING TRASH CAN OUT SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| KICKED GARBAGE CAN - SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2004 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND INJURED ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TWISTED LEFT ANKLE WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH, HIT ANKLE ON CONCRETE. LEFT ANKLE FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SLIPPED ON ICE TAKING OUT GARBAGE LANDING ON ANKLE AND TWISTING IT R T ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT C/O RT ANKEL PAIN AFTER KICKING GARBAGE PAIL SWOLLEN RT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2004 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE RAN INTO A TRASH CONTAINER CAUSING A FX TO HER L T ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRAINED ANKLE WHEN PULLING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT ANKLE CONTUSION-STRUCK RT FOOT ON A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUSHING TRASH CAN AND TWISTED ANKLE SPRAINING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND SLIPPED ON ICE SPRAINING ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2004 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DROPPED A GARBAGE CAN ON FOOT RIGHT ANKLE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SLIPPED TAKING OUT TRASH CAN FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
