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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,609
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RECYCLE BIN FELL ONTO PT. DX: COMPLEX R TIB/FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/26/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 13 YO FELL OFF TRASH CAN FX TIB/FIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS STEPPING ON PLASTIC IN TRASH CAN. DX: 6 CM LACS L SHIN/KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2004 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL FROM FIFTH FLOOR INTO DUMPSTER. DX: L TIB/FIB COMM FX, R DIST FEMUR FX, L TIB PLAT FX, L DR FX, LACS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/29/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TAKING OUT GARBAGE, SOMETHING HIT LEG WHILE PUTTING BAG IN GARBAGE C AN, LAC RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT THROWING TRASH IN DUMPSTER, GLASS IN TRASH HIT LT LOWER LEG, LAC LOW ER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC LEG ON GARBAGE CAN LID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS CARRYING OUT A GARBAGE CAN WHEN SOMETHING FELL OUT OF IT SUSTAIN ED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS IN FIGHT C COUSIN, BANGED LEG ON A DUMPSTER SUSTIANED " RT LOWER LEG LACERATION'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL ,CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. TIB-FIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bottles or jars |
| WAS TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE AND A BROKEN BOTTLE POKED THROUGH THE BAG AN D CUT LOWER LEG...R LAT LOWER LEG LAC 5CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TAKING OUT THE TRASH CUT LEG ON GARBAGE CAN DX: R LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION; TRASH CAN FELL ONTO LEG AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SCRATCHED LEG ON DUMPSTER, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| TAKING A PIECE OF GLASS TO TRASH , TRIPPED OVER SOME POTS LAC TO LEG D X LAC, ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL, LANDED ON LEFT LOWER LEG, HIT A METAL GARBAGE CAN WITH RIGHT SHIN. DX-LEG CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS HIT W/TRASH CAN WHEN BUS BUMPED IT. DX: ABR L LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS PUSHING DOWN GARBAGE IN A GARBAGE CAN WITH HIS LEFT LEG THERE WA S GLASS IN THE CAN SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE AND INJURED LOWER LEG.DX LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT C/O LFT LEG LAC. PT WAS CHASING DOG AND FELL ON RECYCLING BIN. DX LA C LEG AND FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT LEG ON BROKEN GLASS IN THE TRASH CAN. D: LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2004 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED OVER PLASTIC WASTE BASKET WITH SHARP CORNERS CUTTING SHIN C/ O PAIN SHIN LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags |
| PT CUT LEG TAKING OUT GARBAGE BAG AT HOME DX:LAC TO CALF OF LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT SHIN ABRASION.PT DROPPED A TRASH CAN ON SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2004 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC L LWR LEG, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, GAIT NORMAL, TENDON INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL INTO A RECYCLING BIN - CUT LEG ON GLASS LOWER LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC R LWR LEG, PT STS SUST INJURY WHILE MOVING A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, MILD PAIN, NORMAL ROM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL ONTO A GARBAGE CAN IN THE STREET; LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT LEG ON PLASTIC TRASH CAN DX SUPERFICIAL ABRASION RLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE CUT LEG ON GARBAGE CAN DX: L LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL, LANDED ON METAL TRASH CAN DX L LEG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT LEG LAC, PT WAS EMPTYING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER AND INJURED LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT LEG LACERATION-JUMPED INTO A DUMPSTER AND CUT LEFT LEG ON TRASH. H AS 4CM LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT LOWER LEG ON TRASH CAN DX CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT LEG STOMPING DOWN GARBAGE IN GARBAGE CAN DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL, CARRYING TRASH CANS SPRAIN LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HIT LEG ON DUMPSTER; LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC TO LEG WHEN STRUCK ON TRASH CAN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC LOWER LEG WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH AT HOME THIKS IT MAY HAVE BEEN A WIRE NEAR TRASH BIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 47 YOF TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN, SOMETHING STICKING OUT AND CUT LEG-DX 8 CM LACERATION ON LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT LEG STRAIN-SLIPPED AND FELL A FEW DAYS AGO WHLE TAKING OUT TRAS CA N. FELT PULL IN LEFT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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