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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,280
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Date: 12/27/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN DX: R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC R 2ND FINGER; STATES WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN WHEN HE CU T FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2005Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT LACERATED LT THUMB OPENING TRASH CAN AT HOME. DX - FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT PUTTING HAND IN TRASH CAN. DX: 3.5 CM R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SMASHED R THUMB W GARBAGE CAN AT HOME DX CRUSH INJ W AVUSLION LAC R THUMB AND TUFT FX SUGUNGUAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL @ HOME AND HIT FINGER ON WICKER TRASK BASKET DX FB TO L INDEX F INGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER PICKING UP A TRASH ?CAN " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
RIGHT THUMB LAC, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN WHEN CUTTING THUMB ON GLAS S STICKING OUT OF PLASTIC BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO FINGER FROM METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSED FINGER IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2005Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN AND CUT FINGER ON OPEN CAN DX: AVULSION FLAP LAC R RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
C/O PT MOM STATES CHILD WAS DIGGING IN TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON CAN LID DX LT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55 YO FEMALE CUT FINGER ON METAL TRASH CAN LACERATION INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ON HAND LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
40 YO MALE CUT LEFT FINGER ON DUMPSTER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LEFT MIDDLE FINGER STRAIN: TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LAC RT 5TH FINGER ON A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CLOSED THE LID OF A DUMPSTER ONTO RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION FING ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LARGE GARBAGE CAN LID CLOSED ON FINGER'S LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON A DUMPSTER. DX-LACERATION RIGHT THIRD FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCHED DUMPSTER IN ANGER DX 5TH FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT 1ST AND 3RD FINGER LAC, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH TO DUMPSTER AND CU T FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TUFT FX R FINGERS/29YOM DROPPED HEAVY PLASTIC TRASH CONTAINER ON HAND I NJURING FINGERS. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 34 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT RING FI NGER ON A TRASH C AN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX: FINGER LAC ON GARBAGE CAN RIM WHEN TAKING OUT THE TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD PLAYING WITH TRASH CAN WHEN CUT LITTLE FINGER. D: FINGER AVULSION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
REACHED IN TRASH CAN TO GET POP CAN TO PUT CIGARETTE ASHES IN, CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2005Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Fences or fence posts
PATIENT WAS EMPTYING SOME TRASH CANS, CAUGHT HIS FINGER ACROSS THE TOP OF FENCE & SUSTAINED A LT 4TH DIGIT TIP AVULSION/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX AVULSION/LACERATION - AT DISTAL PHALANX OF LT MIDDLE FINGER - DUE TO HANDLING GARBAGE BIN TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BIT BY A RACCOON-TRYING TO GET RACCOON OUT OF TRASH CAN RACCOON BITE RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING GARBAGE IN THE GARBAGE CAN WHEN THERE WAS BROKEN GLASS LACER ATION RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
C/O PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TRASH CAN AND DUMPSTER DX LT FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLAMMED FINGER ON DUMPSTER DOOR DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
6Y/M INCISED HIS FINGER WHEN HE REACHED INTO A TRASH CAN AND WAS CUT BY A PIECE OF GLASS (UNKNOWN ORIGIN); 1CM RIGHT RING FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WAS CLOSING THE DOORS OF HIS TRASH CAN WHEN HIS FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN & HE LACERATED LEFT 2ND DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT R 3RD DIGIT ON METAL GARBAGE CAN DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic bags
THROWING TRASH IN DUMPSTER, GLASS WENT THROUGH BAG & LAC RIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LAC FINGER ON A GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER LID FELL ON FINGER FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN A CAN AND CUT FING RE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT LACERATION LEFT THUMB TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GOT FINGER STUCK IN DUMPSTER DOOR IN LAST HOUR. DX: FX FINGER OPEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT BY METAL WHILE PUTTING GARBAGE INTO BIN. DX: FINGER LAC 1-2 CM R FIFTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
AMPUTATION FINGER - 45 YOF WAS RIDING A TRAIN, WENT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE TRASH CAN, TRAIN JERKED AND PART OF HER RIGHT FINGER TIP CUT OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT 3RD FINGER FRACTURE.PT HAD A TRASH CAN FALL AND HIT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FRACTURE FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS THROWING TIMBER INTO DUMPSTER AND RAM MED HIS LITTLE FINGER INTO DUMPSTER - HEARD FINGER SNAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Sinks
PT WITH PAINFUL, SWOLLEN FINGER. PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE BARREL AND LIF TED OLD SINK YESTERDAY. ?INSECT BITE. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PLACING THINGS INTO A GARBAGE DUMPSTER AND LID CLOSED ON FINGER LACERAT ION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WAS STUNG OR BITTEN BY INSECT ON RT THUMB WHILE CARRYING OUT A TRASH CAN TO THE CURB SUSTAINING AN INSECT ENVENOMATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD GARBAGE CAN FALL ON SELF; FINGER CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
EVALUATION FOR RACOON BITE: NONE DETECTED: WENT TO PUT GARBAGE RACOON HAD GOOTEN INTO IN GARBAGE CAN, BIT BT RACOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INURED FINGER ON TRASH CAN AND TRASH CAN LID TRAUMATIC LEFT PINKY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
LACERATION FINGER - 19 YOM WAS PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN A CAN AND LACERATE D HIS RIGHT THUMB ON LID OF A TEA CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CLEANING,GARBAGE CAN LID FELL ON FINGER-CONTUSION 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BEE STING R IND FING/24YOF STS APPROX 15 MIN AGO AT HOME, WENT OUT TO P UT TRASH IN CAN AND WAS STUNG BY BEE. BECAME NUMB IN FACE & ARMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SHUT THUMB IN A DUMPSTER DOOR. " CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
29 YEAR OLD MALE CUT LEFT FINGER WHILE EMPTYING TRASH CAN LACERATION 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ANIMAL BITE - 67 YOM WAS REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN AND WAS BITTEN ON HI S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BY A RAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY CUT HIS FINGER ON A METAL TRASH CAN. DX-FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WAS REACHING INTO A GARBAGE CAN CUTTING FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS. DX - LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT R 3RD FINGER ON TRASH CAN AT HOME DX: RIGHT 3RD FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
29 YO INJURED HAND WHEN A TRASH CAN LID FELL DOWN ON HAND CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
35YMC SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN CONCRETE SLAB AND DUMPSTER/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A PC OF WOOD IN A DUMPSTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A LARGE PIECE OF STONE INTO A DUMPSTER, WHEN SLIPPED CRUSHING PT'S FINGER SUSTAINED" LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. CUT ON EDGE OF GARBAGE BIN AT HOME. DX. LAC R INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE LACERATED HER RT 5TH FINGER ON A TRASH CAN LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STRUCK THE BASE OF INDEX FINGER ON THE DUMPSTER WHILE TOSSING THE TR ASH SUSTAINED SUSTAINED" CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC L THUMB, PT TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT& SUST INJURY, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN , SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WAS TAKING GARBAGE CAN TO CURB, LOST BALANCE, FELL ON PAVEMENT. DX-LACERATION RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN TRASH CAN LACERATION FINGER ON TIN CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FINGER GOT JAMMED BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LACERATED FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF A DUMPSTER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
80 Y/O W/FM RECEIVED PUNCTURE MARKS TO FINGER AFTER STUCK HAND IN GARBAGE CAN AND WAS BITEN BY AN OPOSSIUM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT TRASH AND HAND HIT TRASH LID HARD FINGERNAIL PARTIAL AVULSIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT THUMB LACERATION: CUT ON GLASS PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN IN CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER COVER FELL ONTO HAND AND LAC AND FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
23 YO MALE CUT SECOND FINGER ON TRASH CAN LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
47 YO MALE CUT THUMB ON TRASH CAN LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2005Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC LMF ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER FELL ON PATIENT'S HAND AT HOME; THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CAUGHT FINGER JUMPING FROM DUMPSTER AND AMPUTED IT,;MED FLITE IN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/08/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS THROWING SOMETHING IN DUMPSTER AND SOMETHING CAUGHT FINGERS DX: L 4TH & 5TH FINGER ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL ON STREET WHILE TAKING OUT RECYCLING BIN. DX: AVULSION L 2-4 DIGITS, FX L LONG FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LAC FINGER ON A GARBAGE CAN. DX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. PT WAS PUTTING TRASH IN DUMPSTER AND CUT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT R MIDDLE FINGER WHILE SMASHING TRASH DOWN, DX; 1/5 CM FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT BURNT FINGERS TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE IN A TRASH CAN AND TOUCHED HOT PLASTIC, NOT STATED IF FIRE DEPT PRESENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON METAL GARBAGE CAN DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A TIN CAN IN THE TRASH STRUCK LEFT THUMB LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN. LACERATION, RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED HAND WITH GARBAGE CAN DX: L 3 DIGIT ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT ON DUMPSTER; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD POKED HIMSELF IN THUMB WITH DIABETIC SYRINGE HE FOUND BY A TRASH BIN AT APARTMENT. D:NEEDLESTICK, POSSIBLE INFECTIOUS EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON AN ALUMINUM TRASH CAN LID LACERATION RIGHT 2ND DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RECYCLING BIN FELL ONTO PT'S HANDS. DX: MULT LACS BILAT HANDS, OPEN FX L FIRST FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC THUMB CARRYING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
NEEDLESTICK TO THUMB W/ CONTAMINATED NEEDLE IN TRASH CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUST SPRAIN TO FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER PW. PT STUCK FINGER IN TRASH CAN WHEN TAKING OUT TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION RT INDEX AND RING FINGERS.PT HAD A DUMPSTER LID SL AMM AND JAM ON FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT.INJ.RT.THUMB AT HOME WHEN THREW GARBAGE IN GARBAGE CAN & SOMETHING FLEW UP & CUT THUMB. DX; LAC.RT.THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars
CUT FINGER ON GLASS BOTTLE IN GARBAGE. DX. R INDEX FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls
CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN DUMPSTER & WALL FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING GARBAGE DOWN INTO CAN & LAC RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT.INJ.RT.5TH.FINGER AT HOME WHEN PUTTING THINGS IN GARBAGE CAN & SOMET HING FELL & HIT FINGER. DX; CRUSH INJ.RT.5TH.FINGER TIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
12 YOF HIT HER THUMB ON A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON TRASH CAN, DEEPLY DX LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURIED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN A WK AGO, SITE GOT INFECTED, SUSTAINE D" FINGER CLELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
15 MONTH OLD LAC TO FINGER FROM TRASH CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tableware and accessories
PT REACHED INTO RECYCLE BIN & WAS CUT ON BROKEN GLASS DISH. DX: 6 CM R INDEX LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT THUMB LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2005Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT A FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS WHILE PULLING THE TRASH CAN OUT, SU STAINED" FINGER LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SKIN AVULSION TO FINGERS-INJURED ON GARBAGE CAN-@ ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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