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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,103
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations |
| PT PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN TRASH CAN WHEN LACERATED HAND ON GLASS PICTURE FRAME IN TRASH. D: LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT CUT HAND ON A GARBAGE CAN A FEW WEEKS AGO AND NOW IS INFECTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HAND LAC-CUT ON METAL IN DUMPSTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HIT HAND ON GARBAGE CAN, SPRAINED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT HAND AGAINST TRASH CAN/HAND FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRASH CAN LID FELL AND SMASHED PTS LEFT HAND. D: CONTUSION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT SLAMMED HAND IN A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 88 YO FEMALE CUT HAND ON TRASH CAN LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HAND LAC-REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN & GOT CUT ON UNKNOWN OBJECT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A GARBAGE CAN STUFFING TRASH IN IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT HAND FRACTURE.PT HAD DUMPSTER LID COME DOWN ON HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC L HAND, PT FELL DOWN ON A GARBAGE CAN OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN, SENSATION INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, House repair or construction materials |
| HANDS CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND PLYWOOD/ SOFT TISSUE INJ BIL HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HAND ON A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS FROM TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DUMPSTER LID FELL ONTO HAND AND LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TAKING OUT TRASH BAG AND LAC HAND ON SOME GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LACERATES HAND WHEN DROPPED 55 GALLON GARBAGE CAN ON IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT HAND ON TRASH CAN LID. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUTTING A LID ON A GARBAGE CAN AND CAUGHT HER LEFT HAND LACERATION H AND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| THROWING OUT TRASH IN GARBAGE BAG AND GOT STABBED BY NEEDLE PUNCTURING HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LACERATION HAND - 14 YOM LACERATED RIGHT HAND ON DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT FELL ON CERAMIC TRASH RECEPTACLE LACERATING HER LT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| GARBAGE CAN FELL ON HAND DX: L HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2006 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Doors |
| TRAUMA RT,HAND.PT.REFERS WHILE MOVING DUMPSTER,DOOR HIT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAD HAND PAIN AFTER PUNCHING A TRASH CAN ON SUNDAY. WAS ANGRY AT THE TIME. D: CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL INTO TRASH CAN LAC HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT BECAME ANGRY AND PUNCHED DUMPSTER. DX: R COMMINUTED OPEN FX 4/5 METACARPAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS MAD AND HIT METAL DUMPSTER WITH HAND. D: HAND STRAIN, CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT UPSET AND PUNCHED A TRASH BIN DDX: L 5TH METACARPAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCHED A DUMPSTER AND INJURED HAND FRACTURE HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCHED A DUMPSTER DX R HAND / WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HAND - PUNCHED GARBAGE PAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT DUMPSTER WITH HAND CONTUSION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 32 Y/O H/M CUT HAND ON SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUNCHED A DUMPSTER/ CONTUSION RT HAND, ABRASION RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT HIT HAND ON A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT HAND FRACTURE.PT PUNCHED A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CLEANING THE TOP OF DUMPSTER, LOST BANLANC&FELL CUTTING HAND " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HAND CT-PUNCHED A DUMPSTER IN ANGER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DUMPSTER LID FELL ON HAND " FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRUCK A DUMPSTER WITH RIGHT FIST DX: CONTUSION TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT SLEEPING IN DUMPSTER THAT WAS PICKED UP BY GARBAGE TRUCK AND DUMPED INTO COMPACTOR DX: L HAND FX, L FIBULAR FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT C/O HAND INJURY. PT PUNCHED DUMPSTER . DX FRACT METACARPAL #5 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars |
| CARRYING OUT GARBAGE CUT HAND ON A BROKEN BOTTLE...LAC TO HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUCHED A DUMPSTER WITH RIGHT FIST LAST NIGHT - RIGHT HAND SWOLLEN. D: CONTSUION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags |
| PT THREW HEAVY TGRASH BAG INTO DUMPSTER AND EXTENDED WRIST. NOW PAIN IN HAND SINCE. D: HAND SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT THROWING PIECE OF METAL INTO GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, LAC RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 22 YOM GOT MAD AND PUNCHED A DUMPSTER CAUSING FRACTURE TO RIGHT HAND AN D LACERATION FROM GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 5TH MC FX-TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT HAND ON TRASH CAN RIGHT HAND INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 24 YO - DX: LACERATION RT. HAND - CUT ON TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT GOT RT HAND PINCHED IN BOTTLE COLLECTOR DX: RT 5TH METACARPAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations |
| PT LACERATED HAND ON A GLASS PICTURE FRAME THAT WAS IN TRASH CAN AT HOM E. D: LACERATION 1CM, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 49 Y/O W/FM FELL AT HOME WHILE MOVING GARBAGE DUMPSTER AND BRUISED HAND AND KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT INJURED HAND DIGGING IN TRASH CAN DX:HAND ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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