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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 289
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2005 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WALKED INTO STEEL HOOK IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: CONT L THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DUMPSTER FELL ON PT'S L LEG DX: FX FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/01/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN AFTER LIFTING TRASH CANS THIGH STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED & FELL AGAINST TRASH BIN FEMUR FX MECHANICAL FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Flatware |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING BY A GARBAGE CAN AND STRUCK HER LEG ON A FORK THAT WAS STICKING OUT THE GARBAGE. DX-THIGH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED LAST NIGHT, HIT LEG ON TRASH CAN, FELL ON BUTTOCKS/KNEES DX: R THIGH CONTU/HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 27 YOF LACERATED RIGHT THIGH WITH GLASS FROM A TRASH BIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| 78 YO FEMALE GOT FOOT ENTANGLED IN TRASH CAN AND FELL TO FILE FLOOR STRAIN RIGHT THIGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 56 YO FEMALE OVER TRASH CAN FRACTURE FEMUR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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