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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,512
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2007 | Age: 54 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 |
| PT WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN INTO HIS GARBAGE CAN AND THERE WAS GLASS IN T HERE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 85 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 |
| FELL OVER TRASJ CAN LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FX RADIUS, WAS AT HOME PULLING DUMPSTER ACROSS ICEY PATCH, FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2007 | Age: 8 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN. DX: L RADIUS/ULNA FX W/SEVERE ANGULATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 6 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 |
| 6 YOM CUT HIS RIGHT ARM ON A METAL TRASH CAN TODAY. DX-RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| PT WAS CUT BY GLASS IN TRASH CAN. DX: 4 CM R FOREARM LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 65YOF WAS WALKING PAST A GARBAGE CAN,ACCIDENTLY CUT FOREARM,WHILE AT HOME;ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2007 | Age: 40 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 |
| FOREARM CT-HIT ARM ON DUMPSTER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| 55 YOF FELL INTO DUMPSTER CONTUISON FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 10 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, Metal containers |
| PT HURT FOREARM DIGGING IN DUMPSTER TRYING TO GET SODA CAN & FELL OUT, PAIN, TENDERNESS, SWELLING; FRACTURE OF DISTAL END OF RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2007 | Age: 17 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 PUNCHED A DUMPSTER AND HURT LEFT HAND. D : FRACTURE LEFT RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 19 YO HIT ARM ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN LAC FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, GOT STUNG IN LOWER ARM BY WASP. DX; INSE CT STING WASP FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PUTTING BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN, CUT ARM DX FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 79 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| GARBAGE TOTE FULL FX L RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 8 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 |
| FX FOREARM, FELL FROM DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/20/2007 | Age: 53 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 |
| FELL CARRYING GARBAGE CAN OUT/RADIUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2007 | Age: 46 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND SOME CERAMIC TILE LACERATED FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2007 | Age: 18 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: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Alcohol |
| GOT (L) FOREARM CAUGHT IN DUMPSTER +ETOH HAS LAC TO LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| PT CONTUSED R LOWER ARM ON A DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 11 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: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HIT HIS ARM ON A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN AND CUT ARM LACERATION LEFT ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2007 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT INJURED ARM YESTERDAY WHEN CLIMBING IN GARBAGE DUMPSTER; FOREAR M FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 69 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 OVER GARBAGE CAN. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX, COMMINUTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT PUTTING GARBAGE IN THE TRASH CAN AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM ON A PIECE OF GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 77 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 |
| P WALKING HIS GARBAGE CAN OUT TO THE ROAD AND FELL FRACTURED RIGHT LOWE R ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 63 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 |
| RIGHT ARM LAC, PT WAS THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER AND CUT ARM ON A PIE CE OF SHEET METAL THAT WAS INSIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 7 YO MLACERATION TO FOREARM CUT ON PIECE OF GLASS WHEN TAKING GARBAGE OUT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| GOT HIT IN ARM WITH TRASH CAN DX: ARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 AND STRUCK WRIST/HAND ON TRASH CAN. D:ULNA STYLOID FX, DISTAL R ADIUS FX, LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 THROWING TRASH INTO THE DUMPSTER AND THE LID FELL ONTO LEFT LOWER AR M FRACTURED ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT TAKING OT TRASH WHEN DUMPSTER LID FELL ON ARM LAC LT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2007 | Age: 9 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 THROWING OUT THE TRASH AND CUT ARM ON UNKNOWN OBJECT. D : ARM L ACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| LAC R FOREARM, PT GOT CUT W/BROKEN GLASS FROM A GARBAGE CAN SOMEPLACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 |
| TRASH CAN HIT ARM CONTUSION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FELL AT HOME PUSHING TRASH CAN FX RT DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| RADIUS FX-CARRYING TRASH CAN-FELL INTO DITCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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