Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,885
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	186
6-15 years old:	425
16-25 years old:	241
26-50 years old:	477
50+ years old:	1,553

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
20YOF FOUND INTOXICATED AND JUMPED OUT OF CAR AND RAN INTO A DUMPSTER T HEN FELL IN ED WAITING ROOM. DX. HEAD TRAUMA, ALCOHOL INTOX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
4YO HISP MALE PLAYING OUTSIDE HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN DX HEAD LACERATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
57YO WHITE MALE STS DUMPSTER LID CAN DOWN ON HEAD DX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
4YOF HIT HEAD ON A METAL TRASH CAN, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
48YOM HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER DX: CHI, NECK INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2010	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
73 YOF INJURED FOREARM AND HEAD FROM TRIPPING AND FALLING INTO TRASH CAN. DX-FOREARM CONTUSION, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI.18YOM HIT HEAD ON A DUMPSTER LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
61 YOF PUTTING "STUFF" IN GARBAGE CAN, HIT TOP OF HEAD. DX-LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/01/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RAN INTO GARBAGE BIN AT SCHOOL MINOR HEAD INJURY FOREHEAD LACERATION 9 YO F #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
72YOM WAS STANDING ON TRASH CAN WHEN IT GAVE WAY, FELL & HIT RT EYE- BROW ON STEP. DX - CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA, EYEBROW LAC, CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
35 YOM, FELL ONTO GARBAGE CAN HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
17YOF-CONCUSSION-SCALP LAC-FELL-HIT A GARBAGE CAN-@ COLLEGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI, 81 YOM FELL WHEN PULLING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Windowsills or frames
3YOM GRANDFATHER HAD PT STANDING ON WINDOW SILL AT A "***" PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN. NO LOC. FELL 3 FT. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
64YOF HIT HEAD ON METAL BIN, C/O HEAD, EARS & EYE PAIN WITH DIZZINESS. DX - CONCUSSION, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
60YOF TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN LID AND FELL STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2010	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21 YOM CUT HEAD ON THE SIDE OF A DUMPSTER. DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2010	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
86 Y/O W/FM RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP WHEN PULLING GARBAGE CAN TO STREET AND FELL HIT HEAD ON CEMENT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
11 YOM FELL AGAINST DUMPSTER AT HOME. SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI, 87 YOM FELL WHEN PULLING TRASH CANS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN MINOR HEAD INJURY 59 YO F #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
9YOM ROLLED DOWN HILL IN GARBAGE CAN, FELL OUT, HITTING HEAD, NO LOC, H A DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
6YOF FELL FROM A DUMPSTER, AT APT. COMPLEX, ,HIT HER HEAD ON IT- NO LOC DX: CHI,, SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
17 YO M ROLLED DOWN A HILL IN TRASH CAN, +LOC. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2010	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
66YOF TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE TAKING TRASH CAN OUT AT HOME CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55YOF WAS PUSHING RECYCLE BIN THAT HAD LIMBS & WOOD IN IT@ HOME WHN SL IPPED FELL STRIKING HEAD ON TREE SUST LAC TO SCALP D 5 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2010	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
84YOF WALKING UP DRIVEWAY CARRYING A RECYCLE BIN AND FELL SUSTAINED A C LOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
10YOF HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON DUMPSTER, NO LOC, MILD HA DX: LAC TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX NEAR SYNCOPE: 13YOF SLID DWN, HEAD STRUCK GARBAGE CAN. PER STAFF PT WET SELF. PT STATES "WHOLE BODY TINGLING" C/O PN C LAT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
20YOM LAC HEAD ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
81 YOF, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, LACERATION-SCALP, SP WAS THROWING AWAY TRAS H, LOST BALANCE & FELL HITTING HEAD ON TRASH CAN, NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
7 YR M FELL ON TRASHCAN;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
30 YOM FX RIBS RECENTLY; TODAY OPENING DUMPSTER, FELT POP TO LT RIBS;P ASSED OUT, HIT FOREHEAD. DX:VASOVAGAL, CONCUSSION,FACE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78YOF, CARRYING 2 TRASH CANS, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD ONTO DRIVEWAY >>SDH/KNEE CONTS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/27/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
58 Y/O W/FM CUT SCALP WHEN FELL AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
8 YO MALE RUNNING AND RAN INTO A DUMPSTER. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
48YOM STATES HE WAS INSIDE OF A DUMPSTER AND HIT HIS HEAD +LOC PT HAD 3 BEERS AND A PINT OF VODKA DX- MINOR HEAD INJ, ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
8YOM-HEAD LAC-HEAD HIT A DUMPSTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX HA/NAUSEA W/O VOMITING/TEMPOROMAND JOINT DISORDER TMJ: 30YOF PLASTIC LID CAME DWN F RECYCLE BIN & HIT HEAD. HA SINCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
18YOF, SYNCOPED&FELL FROM STANDING HITTING HEAD ONTO A TRASH CAN, +LOC, C/O H/A>>R/O HEAD TR/UTI/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN. LACERATION HEAD. 61 YOM*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
30 YO M, FOUND PRONE SEIZING, FINGERSTICK 37, HIS CAR FOUND CRASHED INT O A DUMPSTER, DOES NOT RECALL EVENTS, DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MILD CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME: 1 CM SCALP LAC W/ REPAIR; HEAD CONT; 10YOM PLAYING WATERTAG, RAN INTO METAL DUMPSTER, HIT HEAD,GOT CUT 1 CM,ATAXIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bicycles or accessories
57 YOM CRASHED INTO TRASH CANS AND FELL OFF BIKE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2010	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
88YOF-CHI-FOREARM FX-FELL WHILE WASHING OUT THE GARBAGE CAN-HIT PORCH W HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
2 YOM, GARBAGE CAN STRUCK HEAD, HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
88 YOF-HEAD LAC TO SCALP-FELL FROM STANDING POSITION THIS AM HEAD HIT O N PLASTIC TRASH CAN DX LAC SCALP *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
87 YOF FELL CLEANING OUT TRASH CAN AT HOME. DX-LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP LAC.42YOF HAD A DUMPSTER LID HIT PT IN HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
40 YOF DX SCALP LACERATION - S/P DIRECT BLOW WITH GARBAGE CAN AT HOME PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
46 YOM FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER, +LOC, +ETOH DX: CHI, SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
64YOF-HEAD INJURY-GOT HIT IN THE HEAD W/ DUMPSTER LID-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
6YOF,CHI S/P PLAYING WIAS PUSHED HIT HEAD ON A TRASH CAN NO LOC 1CM LACERATION REPAIRED WITH 5 SUTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
38 YOF RAN INTO METAL GARBAGE CAN AND HIT HER HEAD. DX-CONTUSION HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
11 YR F FELL ON TRASHCAN;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
54 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER HE WAS TRIMMING TREES AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON WASTE CONTAINER- DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
79YOF PT TURNED & BECAME DIZZY, LOST BALANCE 7 FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A CONCRETE STONE TRASH CAN DX: HEAD ABRASION, SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
9 YR F HIT WITH TRASHCAN LID;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
49 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE TAKING OUT WHEELED RECYCLING BIN. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tables
50YOF HAD A MECHANICAL TRIP & FALL OVER A TRASH CAN IN BEDROOM AT HOME, STRUCK HEAD ON EDGE OF TABLE. DX - SCALP LACERATION, CLOSED HD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
26YOM TAKING OUT HIS GARBAGE CAN WHEN THE LID FLEW UP INTO HEAD LACERA TION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
13YOM PT WALKING IN HALL AT SCHOOL W/ HIS EYE CLOSED. TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING SIDE OF HEAD ON TRASH CAN. NO LOC. HEADACHE. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
83YOF FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HER HEAD,TRYING TO MOVE THE GARBAGE CAN IN FROM THE STREET DX: CHI, ABD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEAD INJURY-13YOM-JUMPED OVER TRASH CAN HITTING HEAD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
74YOF WALKING DOG AND TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND STRUCK HEAD LACERATI ON SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
74YOF FELL AND HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN DX: CHI, LT FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56Y HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER SUST HEAD INJURY#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2010	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
97YO WHITE FEMALE TRYING TO BALANCE USING A TRASH CAN,IT SLIPPED PT FELL,HIT HEAD , NLOC, DX HEAD INJURY, SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2010	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
12MOM FELL OFF A TRASH CAN, IN KITCHEN, & LANDED ON HIS FACE, HITTING FOREHEAD- LOC FOR 2-3 MINUTES. DX; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX PERIPHERAL VERTIGO: 78YOM PT STATES INC & WITNESS SYNCOPAL EP- STRIK' R POSTERIOR HEAD ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
83 YOF FELL DOWN STEPS TAKING OUT TRASH, +LOC DX: SAH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2010	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI,CS.30YOF WAS TAKING A GARBAGE CAN OUT AND FELL ON ICE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEAD CT-59YOM LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
17YOF, HAD WISDOM TEETH PULLED OUT UNDER GEN. ANESTHIA, ALSO TOOK *** UPON RETURNING HOME FOR PAIN, FELL HITTING HEAD ONTO GARBAG CAN>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
54 YOF, HEAD NJURY, SCALP ABRASION, KNEE CONTUS, PT WAS MOVING TRASH CAN AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
51 YOF TRIPPED STRIKING HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 1.5 CM, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, NECK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
70YOM PUSHING GARBAGE CAN OUT TO THE STREET AND FELL AGAINST THE CAN SU STAINED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
74 Y/O WF FELL TAKING OUT GARBAGE AND SUSTAINED A SUBARACHNOID BLEED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/18/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
19YOM IS +ETOH STANDING OUTSIDE OF BAR AND FELL INTO A CONCRETE GARBAG E CAN DX- CHI, FACIAL LAC, ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
70 YOF FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN HITTING HEAD SUSTAINING CHI AND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI,L1 FX.50YOF TAKING TRASH CAN OUT AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
4YOM; PT WAS HELPING TAKE OUT THE TRASH WHEN HE LIFTED IT OVER HIS HEAD AND SOMETHING CUT PT ON HEAD. D: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
14 YO M TRYING TO PUSH GARBAGE CAN, FELL HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. D X CLOS ED EHAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI-59YOM-HIT GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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