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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2007 - Elbow

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 427
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Date: 11/01/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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, Rugs or carpets
RIGHT ELBOW CONT. PT INJURED ELBOW WHEN THROWING A PIECE OF CARPET INTO DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN&FELL ONTO ELBOW >>SPRAIN/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PLAYING WITH HER FATHER IN THE FRONT YARD AND FELL OVER A GARBAGE CA N DISLOCATED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2007Age: 57 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, Other furnaces
PT LIFTING OLD HEAVY FURNACE INTO A DUMPSTER WHEN FELT POP IN ELBOW. D: MUSCLE STRAIN, POSSIBLE MUSCLE TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
59 YO MALE CUT RIGHT ELBOW ON TRASH CAN LACERATION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2007Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
46YOF INJURED LT ELBOW ON DUMPSTER WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH. DX - LACERATION, LT ELBOW & FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2007Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS AT HOME HIT ELBOW ON A METAL DUMPSTER CAUSING ACUTE OLECCRANON TRAUMATIC BURSITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2007Age: 39 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
PULLING HEAVY GARBAGE CAN OUT OF GARAGE, INJURED ELBOW. DX: STRAIN ELB OW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2007Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS STANDING ON TRASH CAN, FELL, HIT ELBOW DX- ELBOW FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2007Age: 27 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
RT LEBOW LACERATION.PT TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN AND LACERATED ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2007Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL MOVING GARBAGE CAN/ELBOW PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2007Age: 53 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
53 YO FEMALE HAD DUMPSTER LID FALL ON ELBOW YESTERDAY CONTUSION RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN TO ELBOW AFTER PULLING TRASH CAN DX: ELBOW STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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