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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 712
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE CONTUSION-SUS INJ TO LEFT KNEE WHEN SHE BUMPED IT AGAINST A D UMPSTER. C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN DOWN HER DRIVEWAY AND SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| KNEE CT-HIT W/A GARBAGE CAN LID-@ A RESTAURANT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 61YOF WAS HOME CLEANING,TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN,WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS, KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CAR MADE A U-TURN IN HIS DRIVEWAY AND HIT GARBAGE CAN, WHICH HIT HIM. D X. L KNEE CONTUSION. * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CHILD WAS RUNNING WHEN FELL INTO GARBAGE CAN ONE WEEK AGO. KNEE PAIN. D : KNEE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.LPT STOOD ON A TRASH CAN AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX CONTUSION TO KNEES: TRIPPED TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| C/O PT STATES CUT KNEE ON A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN DX RT KNEE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2007 | 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| KICKED A GARBAGE CAN, NOW C KNEE PAIN " SPRAIN'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN/PATELLA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN SLIPPING OFF SIDEWALK WHEN PUTTING TRAS H CANS AWAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT JUMPED OFF DUMPSTER LAST PM. DX: L KNEE STRAIN W/EFFUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CLIMBING OVER TRASH CAN HIT KNEE DX:CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUTTING GRASS AND JUMPING ON TRASH IN TRASH CAN, THEN KNEE POPPED DX: BOTH KNEE DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2007 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND TWISTED KINEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 13 YOF PLAYING OUTSIDE, STRUCK R KNEE ON DUMPSTER - CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT RUNNING AT SCHOOL AND RAN INTO A METAL TRASH CAN SUSTAINED A CONTUSI ON TO KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2007 | 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT BUMPED KNEE ON CONCRETE TRASH CAN. D: CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT KN EE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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