Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,527
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	18
6-15 years old:	172
16-25 years old:	304
26-50 years old:	399
50+ years old:	634

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TO ARM FROM HYPODERMIC NEEDLE IN TRASH CAN AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2009	Age: 89 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
CARRYING GARBAGE CAN. DX-FRACTURE L ULNA #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
76YO WHITE FEMALE TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN & FELL ON L WRIST AT NURSING FACILITY, DX FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS - ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 22 months	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
22MOF PUTTING SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN. HAD UNWITNESSED FALL AND HIT R FOREARM ON GARBAGE CAN. HAS SMALL LAC. DX R FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 21 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
PT CUT LEFT ARM ON METAL ATTACHED TO INSIDE OF TRASH CAN, LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 93 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
CUT ARM ON A GARBAGE CAN LID. DX. FOREARM LACERATION, HYPERTENSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 21 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
21Y/O,M CUT FOREARM ON A BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN AT HOME, LAC. L FORE ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 67 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LOW BACK PAIN: SAYS HAD A FALL INTO A TRASH CAN WHEN PICKING UP TRASH, BRUISED DORSAL FOREARMS, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 19 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
LAC TO ARM FROM OBJECT IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT FELL FROM TOP OF TRASH CAN, FELL ON ARM; FOREARM FX., NOSE BRUI SE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN NURSING HOME WHILE TRYING TO GET TO GARBAGE CAN, LACERATION TO ARM, PT IS 100 YRS OLD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 19 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
R FOREARM LAC/19YOM CUT L FOREARM ON GLASS WHILE LOADING GARBAGE INTO D UMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	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 CUT FOREARM ON TRASH CAN AT HOME 3.5 CM LACERATION LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	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
WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH, PT CUT ARM ON CAN. DX ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 63 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
63 YO F ABSCESS TO FOREARM SM CUT 3 WEEKS AGO HAS REPEATEDLY HIT ON TRA SH CAN AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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 CERAMIC TILE INTO A DUMPSTER WHEN HE SUSTAINED LACERATI ON TO FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 79 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-FELL ON ARM IN DUMPSTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 11 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
11 YO F DOG BITES TO BOTH FOREARMS ,PTS DOG WAS GETTING IN THE TRASH, P T SHUT LID ON CAN DOG BIT HER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 62 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
LEFT LOWER ARM CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 31 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
LAC LWR ARM ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PT SUSTAINED FOREARM LACERATION WHEN TRYING TO PICK UP A GARBAGE PAIL.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 78 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
RIGHT RADIAL FX. PT WAS PICKING UP HEAVY TRASH CAN AND INJURED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2009	Age: 29 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 TAKING HIS TRASH CAN OUT AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM ON THE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
FELL OFF A TRASH CAN. DX ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 81 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 TRIPPED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE GARBAGE CAN, DX: LAC TO FOR ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
40 Y/O' S DAD ACCIDENTALLY SET FIRE TO GARBAGE IN BATHROOM, PATIENT THREW IT OUTSIDE BURNING HER FOREARM. DX-BURN FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	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, Fences or fence posts
71YOF, TAKING METAL GARBAGE CAN OUT FELLO ON FENCE WRIST AND SHOULDER P AIN, LACERATION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 12 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
ARM FX FELL INTO A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 8 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
8YOF,GARBAGE CAN,RECIEVED ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 58 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
58 YOF WAS THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER AND SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO RIGH T FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 56 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
LEFT ULNA FX.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS BREAKING A BOARD OVER TRASH CAN AND HIT WRIST DX: RT FOREARM INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		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 WHILE PUSHING A RECYCLE BIN. DX: L PROXIMAL RADIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2009	Age: 44 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
FELL AGAINST PLASTIC TRASH CAN. DX CONTUSION R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 39 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
LOWER ARM INJURY FROM FALLING OUT OF DUMPSTER. DX-FALL, LEFT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE, RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 61 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
FOREARM FX FALLING OFF GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 82 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
WAS TAKING GARBAGE TO THE DUMPSTER WHEN SLIPPED LANDING ON RIGHT WRIST. DX: IMPACTED NONDISPLACED DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2009	Age: 54 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: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED ARM WHEN SHE HIT IT ON A DUMPSTER. DX: HEMATOMA RIGHT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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