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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,238
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	250
16-25 years old:	231
26-50 years old:	431
50+ years old:	319

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT ARM LAC, PT CUT ARM WHEN PUTTING TRASH IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FOREARM - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM ON EDGE OF A DUMSPTER AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREARM FX-CARRYING GARBAGE CAN TO THE STREET-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
HOMELESS PT WAS DUMPSTER DIVING FOR ALUMINUM CANS WHEN CAUGHT FOREARM O N GLASS OR METAL. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING TRASH OUTSIDE, FELL, C/O ABRASION R HAND, PALM, ARM, HIP AND SHOULDER, DX; SKIN TEAR, ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES SCRAPED ARM ON A DUMPSTER 5 DAYS AGO DX R FOREARM ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX L RADIUS;ULNA/7YOM WHILE AT GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE, FELL OFF CARBAGE CAN AND INJURED ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Toilets
FB LEFT ARM. PT WAS PUTTING A PORCELIN TOILET INTO DUMPSTER AND GOT A C HIP IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT F.ARM ON PIECE OF GLASS PUTTING GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
71 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHILE MOVING TRASH CANS AT HOME. DX; L FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SET GARBAGE CAN DOWN AND NOTICED POISON IVY WRAPPED AROUND IT POISON I VY DERMATITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION FOREARM - 52 YOF C/O RIGHT FOREARM PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY FALLING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT BY GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE AND HIT ARM ON A TRASH CAN FULL OF WOOD. D: LA CERATION RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT JUMPED FROM DUMPSTER. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS FX, DISTAL ULNAR FX, ULNAR STYLOID FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT FELL OFF RECYCLING BIN WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB IN WINDOW. DX: DISPLACED R DISTAL RADIUS/ULNAR STYLOID FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVING TRASH CANS FX ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED & FELL OVER WASTEBASKET DX L FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION TO THE RIGHT LOWER ARM AFTER CUTTING IT ON THE TRASH CAN WHI LE PUTTING TRASH IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCTURE FOREARM - 42 YOM WAS DIGGING IN TRASH CAN TO RETRIEVE SOME ART ICLE AND SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FOREARM FROM BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21 YOM WAS FOOLING AROUND AND FELL LANDING ON TRASH CAN WITH GLASS IN I T CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT FELL CUTTING FOREARM ON A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
PT CUT LT FOREARM ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE BAG, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO ARM WHEN STRUCK ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL INTO TRASH CAN SPRAIN FOREARM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/17/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FOREARM ON GARBAGE CAN FOREARM LAC, 2 CM STAPELED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT RESTRAINED DRIVER IN 1 CAR ACCIDENT, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, HIT A DUM PSTER IN PARKING LOT AT 20 MPH; FOREARM/SHOUDLER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC L FORARM, MOTHER STS PT FELL ONTO A GARBAGE CAN AT THE STREET,C/O B LEEDING, PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO VASCULAR/TENDON COMPROMISE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CLIMBING ON A DUMPSTER WHEN HE FELL OFF FRACTURED RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OFF DUMPSTER DX: FX RT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON CONCRETE, C/O PAIN R ARM, FELL OFF DUMPSTER LIFTER, DX; FX RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUT IN DUMPSTER BY OTHER KIDS, LID FELL ON R ARM DX: R ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL FROM STANDING ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: COMPRESSION FX L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED / FELL HIT ARM ON DUMPSTER OUTSIDE HOME DX: R FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21Y/O W/M CUT FOREARM WHEN PUTTING GLASS IN DUMPSTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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