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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2005 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 717
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Date: 11/30/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTING HEAVY GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, STRAINED LT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT ELBOW CONT. PT FELL AND HIS ELBOW ON A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD TRASH CAN FALL ON ELBOW; ELBOW CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT THROWING TRASH IN DUMPSTER, BANGED RT ELBOW, CONTUSION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT ELBOW ON A DUMPSTER CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTED A HEAVY GARBAGE CAN AT HOME YESTERDAY STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
30 YO MALE HIT LEFT ELBOW ON METAL DUMPSTER CELLULITIS LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCTURE WOUND WHEN PICKING UP GARBAGE. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC L ELBOW, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, TENDERNESS, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Basketball
PT DX LT ELBOW CONTUSION - HIT ELBOW ON GARBAGE CAN LID WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT TRASH CAN & LAC LT ELBOW ON SOMETHING SHARP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUS SPRAIN TO ELBOW PUTTING OUT THE GARBAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ELBOW FRACTURE, WAS ROLLING WITH COUSIN IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES THERE WAS A FIRE IN TRASH CAN AT HOME AND BURNT ELBOW AND FOOT TRYING TO HELP PUT FIRE OUT, NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT PRESENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
R ARM PAIN, DUMPSTER LID FELL ON IT DX: STRAIN R ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO ELBOW AREA OF L ARM AFTER RUNNING INTO SOME GLASS THAT WAS STICK ING OUT OF A GARBAGE CAN. DX. LAC L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL 2 DAYS AGO AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE HIT ELBOW AGAINST GARBAGE DUMPSTER C/O REDNESS & PAIN DX: L ELBOW CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/27/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DUMPED INTO GARBAGE CAN WHILE PLAYING WITH FRIENDS @SCHOOL TODAY CUT TING LT ELBOW ON GLASS, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS THE DAMPING THE TRASH INTO THE DUMPSTER THE LID SLIPPED ON ICE H ITTING THE PT'S ELBOW SUSTAINED" ELBOW CONTUSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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