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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,232
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 20YO WHITE MALE STS TAKING OUT THE TRASH-LID ON TRASH CAN WAS OPEN & CAME DOWN ON PTS ARM, R WRIST LACERATION,DX R ARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic bags |
| PT STATES WAS THROWING PLASTIC BAG IN DUMPSTER AND CUT WRIST DX RT WRIST PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TRASH HUNTING IN A DUMPSTER WHEN HE CUT HIS WRIST ON A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT.INJ.L.WRIST AT HOME WHEN PUTTING TRASH IN DUMPSTER & POKED WRIST ON A PIECE OF GLASS. DX; LAC.L.WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL AND HIT WATE BASKET. LAC L WRIST 3 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 21YOM ACCIDENTLY HIT RIGHT WRIST ON LID OF GARBAGE CAN AT HOME; WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL WHILE TRYING TO PULL OUT YARD WASTE BIN. DX: R WRIST FX, L WRIST SPRAIN, LUMBAR CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| PT WAS PUSHING TRASH INTO RECYCLING BIN AND CAN POPPED UP. DX: R WRIST LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED AND CUT WRIST. FELL BACKWARDS AT DUMPSTER. LPTMS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| L WRIST LAC JUMPING OUT OF DUMPSTER DX; WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 80 YOF FELL WHILE MOVING TRASH CAN THROUGH YARD AT HOME FRACTURE WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| GARBAGE CAN FELL ONTO PT WHILE HE WAS LOADING IT W/BRUSH. DX: R WRIST FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN AND SLIPPED ON FLOOR, RIGHT WRIST FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| REPORTEDLY SLIPPED&FELL WHILE THROWING THE TRASH IN THE DUMPSTER CUTTIN G WRIST/FOREARM ONTO A SHARP ?OBJECT>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2008 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS CLEANING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL IN, NOW W/SWELLING AND DEFORMITY TO R WRIST. DX. R DISTAL RADIUS FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WRIST FX-TRIED TO GRAB A GARBAGE CAN TO PREVENT A FALL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED WRIST SPRAIN WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A GARBAGE CAN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUSHING TRAHS DOWN IN GARBAGE CAN,CUT WRIST ON GLASS DX LACERATION R WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PICKING UP GARBAGE CAN LID, CAUGHT BY WIND AND STRAINED WRIST/ SPRAIN LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| PT STS LOOKING FOR CANS IN TRASH CAN ,CUT WRIST ON BROKEN TV DX R WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SMACKED HER RT WRIST ON THE DUMPSTER 2 DAYS AGO WHILE LOADING TRASH, C/ O PAIN TO RT WRIST. FRACTURE RT WRIST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LACERTED INTERIOR LEFT WRIST, 2.5 CM VERTICLE, ON METAL TRASH BIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WITH LAC TO WRIST FROM A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LID TO DUMPSTER SHUT ON L FOREARM. DX L WRIST CONTUSION# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| PT WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN INTO TRASH CAN & CUT WRIST ON A CAN LID DX: LACERATION LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAS PAIN AFTER HEARING WRIST POP WHEN LIFTING TRASH CAN AT HOME. D: WRIST SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HURT TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN. DX-0 L WRIST TENDONITIS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 40 YOM WAS LIFTING TRASH CAN LID AND FELT A SNAP IN RIGHT WRIST, DX: SP RAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 58 YO INJURED WRIST PUSHING DOWN IN TRASH CAN LAC WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT WRIST FX.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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