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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 580
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING GARBAGE CAN AND FLOOR. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 14 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 |
| PT HIT HEAD ON A DUMPSTER AT HOME, DX: DEEP LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Exercise |
| RUNNING AND SLIPPED HIT BACK OF HEAD ON DUMPSTER DX: LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT RUNNING IN STREET RAN INTO DUMPSTER - LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF DUMPSTER. DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER FALLING AND HITTING HEAD ON A GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 7 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 |
| LAC SCALP; CHILD RUNNING INTO DRIVEWAY TO GREET GRANDPA, HIT HEAD ON TR ASH DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 14 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, Other unpowered garden tools |
| PATIENT SHOVELING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER, BECAME DIZZY AND FELL BACKWARD H ITTING HEAD ON PAVEMENT, BECAME STIFF, VOMITING; CONCUSSION, SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/19/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A DUMPSTER - LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 9 Y/O M SUS A HEAD INJURY X TODAY. WHILE PT WAS AT A PARK PT RAN INTO A METAL DUMPSTER WITH HEAD. DX SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| 9 Y/O F SUS A CHI WHILE IN SCHOOL X TODAY. OTHER STUDENTS ATTEMPTED TO PLACE PT IN GARBAGE CAN, DROPPED PT ON FLOOR. DX. CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | 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, Chairs |
| PATIENT HIT FOREHEAD ON TRASH CAN AT SCHOOL 4 DAYS AGO, HIT AT SAME SPO T ON CHAIR TODAY, VOMITING, ACTING CONFUSED, DISORIENTED; CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| COMING AROUND CORNER HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER LAC TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 RAN INTO DUMPSTER LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| JUMPED OVER A PUDDLE AND SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER. DX SCALP LA CERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2007 | Age: 10 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 |
| PT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING, & HIT HEAD ON A TRASH CAN, BLURRY VISION, NO LOC. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PATIENT REPORTEDLY PUT WHEELS ON A TRASH CAN AND WENT SLEDDING AT HOME, FOUND ON SMALL HILL UNCONSCIOUS; CONCUSSION, LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| JUMPED ONTO GARBAGE CAN AT SCHOOL AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN SUST LAC TO SCALP DX 3.5 CM SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 9 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 |
| PT FELL AND HIT GARBAGE CAN AT HOSPITAL. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 7 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, Stairs or steps |
| PT PRESENTED WITH LACERATION TO SCALP FROM FATHER ACCIDENTALLY DROPPING TRASH CAN LID ON PT HEAD WHILE ON STAIRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2007 | Age: 15 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 |
| LACERATION SCALP-FELL HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RAN INTO TRASH DUMPSTER AT SCHOOL, LACERATION SIDE OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 8 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 |
| CHI, FELL ON TRASHCAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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