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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2009 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,132
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:46
26-50 years old:1,074
50+ years old:1,012

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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Date: 12/27/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED AND FELL INTO GARBAGE CAN DX:CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO A 50 GALLON TRASH CAN AT HOME DX: CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
48YOF FELL STRUCK CHEST ON THE METAL RIM OF A GARBAGE CAN CONTUSION CHE ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
50YO HISP MALE DEVELOPED L SIDED CHEST PAIN AT HOME WHEN PICKED UP GARBAGE CAN, DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/26/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
77 YOM HAD A SAME HEIGHT FALL HIT THE GARBAGE CANS AT HOME. DX-FX 1 RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS HELPING LIFT GARBAGE CAN INTO DUMPSTER AND WAS PULLED INTO DUMP- STER DX:LT RIB INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE EMPTYING TRASH CAN AT HOME RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YOM, BENDING OVER GARBAGE CAN, STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LEANED OVER TRASH CAN. DX: RIB #6 FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
40YO WHITE MALE AT HOME MOVED GARBAGE DUMPSTER & DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, DX CHEST PAIN R/O ACS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/21/2009Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED&FELL FROM STANDING WHILE TAKING HER ?TRASH OUT LANDING ONTO CHE ST WALL >>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2009Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BACK STRAIN-31 Y/O F-PAIN WHILE BENDING OVER TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS WEDGED BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND BRICK WALL CHEST WALL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/08/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTED GARBAGE CAN, INJURING UPPER BACK, HAS PAIN DX;THORACIC STR AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2009Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
87YOM TRIPPED OVER A PIECE OF WOOD IN HIS GARAGE AND STRUCK CHEST AGAIN ST THE GARBAGE CAN FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEANED OVEDR TO PICK UP TRASH CAN AND DEVELOPED BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55 YOF PULLING SOMETHING OUT OF GARBAGE CAN FELT A POP IN CHEST, SUSTAI NED CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH CONTUSION TO CHEST WALL FROM LIFTING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX FALL & FAILURE TO THRIVE/FX MULTIPLE RIBS/TRAUMATIC HEMOTHORAS: S/P FELL 6 SEP W MOV'G TRASH CAN; PN SWELL'G R HAND & L POSTERIOR RIB CAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/07/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WAS REACHING INTO A GARBAGE DUMPSTER, FELT PAIN OVER RT RIB SITE, HURTS WITH MOVEMENT. DX-RT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
41 YOM WENT TO THROW OUT TRASH LAST WEEK AND HIT DUMPSTER SUSTAINING FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES BENT OVER TRASH CAN YEST, HAD SUDDEN GRABBING PAIN IN R SIDE OF CHEST. DX. CHEST PAIN (N/S)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
45YO WHITE MALE C/O R SIDED CHEST PAIN WHILE LIFTED GARBAGE CANS THIS AM , DX ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2009Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER TRASH CAN AT NURSING HOME PNEUMOTHORAX *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/03/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD A 55 GALLONG DRUM USED FOR TRASH FALL OVER AGAINST CHEST CONTUSI ON RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BELTED DRIVER, LOST CONTROL OF THE MV&CRASHED INTO A DUMPSTER, +ABD, C/ O CHEST WALL PAIN>>MS/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2009Age: 97 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO TRASHCAN IN BATHROOM FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2009Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST PAIN AFTER PULLING TWO HEAVY TRASH CANS CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds or bedframes
FELL OUT OF BED WHILE ASLEEP LANDING ON TRASH CONTAINER CONTUSING CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2009Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21YOM WAS PINNED AGAINST A DUMPSTER ACCIDENTALLY RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/05/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED IN BATHROOM, HIT BACK ON GLASS GARBAGE CAN, OCCURED AT HOME, LACERATION TO UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL THIS AM AND HIT HER L RIBS ON CORNER OF RECYCLE CONTAINER, THEN BELL AND HIT GARAGE FLOOR. DX. CONT CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH CHEST WALL STRAIN REACHING INTO TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS PUTTING TRASH IN DUMPSTER AND FELT A PULL IN C HEST WHEN OPENED LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2009Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DRIVER OF A CAR RAN INTO A DUMPSTER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IOI CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/13/2009Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
47YOM ACCIDENTLY SLIPPED AND FELL OFF A DUMPSTER ,INJURED CHEST; RT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INJURED WHILE LEANING OVER A DUMPSTER. DX. RIB CONTUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF SERVER THORACIC BACK PAIN AFTER MOVING A TRASH CAN >>INTRACTABLE PAIN/VOMITING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/18/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED RIGHT RIBS ON A DUMPSTER. DX: RIGHT RIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OFF GARBAGE CAN AND HAS BACK PX. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/15/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS LEANING OVER DUMPSTER AND HEARD A SNAP DX: LT RIB INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL 2 WEEKS AGO, HIT CHEST ON TRASH CAN, CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS INTOXICATED SLEEPING IN A DUMPSTER WHEN THE DUMPSTER WAS DUMPED INTO A GARBAGE TRUCK SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND IOI CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/10/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIB PAIN AFTER FELL AGAINST TRASH CAN DX: RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2009Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIB PAIN FOR 4 DAAYS AFTER HITTING ON EDGE OF DUMPSTER DX: CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
81 YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE LIFTING TRASH CANS CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING HEAVY TRASH CAN & HIT VS. CHEST DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH A CAT JUMPED OUT & SCARED HIM,HE TWIST ED AND FELL DX THORACIC STRAIN ***********
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2009Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
90 YO F FRACTURED RIBS FELL ON ICE TAKING TRASH CAN OUT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2009Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED BACK LIFTING A BAG OF TRASH. DX BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED BACK LIFTING A HEAVY BAG OF TRASH. DX BACK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN HER GARAGE STRUCK CHEST ON THE GARBAGE CAN CONTU SION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL INTO DUMPSTER ON SUNDAY AND HIT RIBS ON EDGE. CONTINUED CHEST P AIN. D:CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST PAIN CARRYING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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