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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 474
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Grocery or shopping carts |
| SLIPPED ON ICE 4 DAYS AGO, GARBAGE CAN STRUCK RT SHIN, YESTERDAY STRUCK BY SHOPPING CART IN SAME AREA/ CONTUSION RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SCRAPED LEG ON TRASH CAN AT NEIGHBORS HOUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN DX. LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT THROWING AWAY TRASH BURNED LEG ON HOT METAL DUMPSTER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PLACING TRASH IN THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS GLASS IN THE BAG SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT LEG LACERATION-CUT HS LEFT LEG ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN A GARBAGE CA N. HAS 2 CM LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BRUSH AGAINST GARBAGE CANCELLULITIS LOWER EXTREMITY R/O RETAINED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts |
| PATIENT GOT LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND WHEELBARROW. D: CONTUSION/ABRASION/HEMATOMA, LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Other glass bottles or jars |
| PT PUSHING DOWN ON TRASH IN GARBAGE, LAC LT LOWER LEG ON BROKEN GLASS B OTTLE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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