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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 625
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC TO FACE.FELL.TRIPPED & HIT FACE ON METAL TIN GARBAGE CAN.DX SKIN LAC 3CM FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BENDING OVER, FELT LIGHTHEADED, LEGS GAVE OUT, STRUCK FACE ON RECYCLING BIN/ BLUNT FACIAL TRAUMA, DEPRESSED NASAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LACERATION FACE - 79 YOM FELL AT NURSING HOME AND HIT RIGHT SIDE FOREHE AD ON TRASH CAN, CAME BACK SECOND VISIT BECAUSE OF CONTINUED BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| YESTERDAY HE STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS FOREHEAD ON A DUMPSTER IN TOWN, IT IS STILL BLEEDING. DX LACERATION OF FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT SLIPPED & FELL. HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD & NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 58 YR OLD MALE FOUND IN THE STREET THINKS HE FELL AGAINST TRASH CAN. IN TOXICATED TREATED AND TRANSFERRED TO VA HOSPITAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL AGAINST TRASH CAN IN BEDROOM AND SUSTAINED SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO THE FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TAKING OUT GARBAGE CANS, TRIPPED AND FELL. LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WHILE PUSHING TRASH BARREL, TRIPPED & FELL DX: CONTUSION LT. EYEBROW, LT. CHEEK, LT. RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Eyeglasses |
| FACIAL ABRASIONS/CONTUSION LT HAND, ABRASION LT KNEE, FELL OUTSIDE AT HOME CARRYING GARBAGE CAN, WEARING GLASSES WHICH BROKE, SCRAPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT. FELL AT *** AND STRUCK HIS FACE ON A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN, RESULTING IN A FACIAL LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRUCK IN HEAD BY TRASHCAN BY ANOTHER RESIDENT. DX: LACERATION TO FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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