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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 832
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 77 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 |
| BIL KNEE ABR. PT WAS PULLING OUT TRASH CAN WHEN SHE WAS STARTLED BY A S QUIRREL AND FELL TO BOTH KNEES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LAC KNEE ON TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 52 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 |
| 52YOM WAS PUSHING A DUMPSTER AT HOME,FELT PAIN IN LT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 79 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 STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN PULLING OUT TRASH CANS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 WAS TAKING THE TRASH OUT AND TWISTED KNEE. DX; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2008 | Age: 29 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND CONTUSED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT INJURED KNEE WHILE MOVING TRASH CANS ON AN INCLINE. DX; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2008 | Age: 28 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 |
| RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL WHILE TAKING THE GARBAGE CAN OUT, LANDED ON (R) KNEE & (L) WRIST-- INTERNAL DERANGEMENT (R) KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT WITH CONTUSION TO KNEE STRUCK A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| IN CAFETERIA DISPOSING OF HER TRASH IN CAN,COUGHING SO HARD SHE FELL OV ER AND SPRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT DX SWOLLEN RT KNEE - DUE TO FALL OVER GARBAGE CAN JUST PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT KNEE PAIN FROM HITTING KNEE ON GARBAGE CAN. DX-ACUTE KNEE PAIN, PATELLA BURSITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 WITH LAC TO KNEE FROM FALL AGAINST RECYCLING BIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2008 | 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 33 YO M SPRAINED KNEE TWIISTED KNEE WHILE TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 50 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 |
| RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT HIT KNEE ON A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT KICKED A TRASH CAN AND DISLOCATED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT WAS THROWING TRASH INTO A DUMPSTER AND STRUCK KNEE AGAINST THE DUM PSTER CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 11 YO FEMALE HAS RIGHT KNEE PAIN AFTER WALKING INTO TRASH CAN KNEE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT FELL FROM ROOF INTO DUMPSTER;LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX: KNEE CONTUS ION; C/O KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT CARRYBG HIS GARBAGE CAN TO THE CURB AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE STRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 32 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 |
| LEFT KNEE CONTUSION.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL ON KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| C/O KNEE PAIN, FELL AND HURT LEFT KNEE PUSHING GARBAGE CAN SLIPPED AND FELL. DX-FRACTURE PATELLA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 71 YO FEMALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED INTO TRASH CAN SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 TWISTED WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A DUMPSTER. DX: L KNEE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 FALLING OVER A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 47 YO F SPRAINED KNEE CONTUSION TO FOOT RUSHING TO GET TRASH OUT SLIPPED ON ICE INJURED KNEE AND FOOT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TWISTED AND INJ RT KNEE WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND FELL. DX; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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