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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 9,027
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:1,191Upper Trunk:1,065
Face:1,017Head:981
Shoulder:684Finger:665
Wrist:571Lower Arm:465
Hand:426Knee:384
Lower Leg:353Foot:308
Neck:187Upper Arm:172
Eyeball:155Elbow:94
Ankle:88All Of Body:77
Ear:68Upper Leg:16
25 - 50% Body:16Mouth:16
Toe:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/28/2003Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREHEAD HEMATOMA - FELL WHEN CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GARBAGE CAN LID FLIPPED WHILE MOVING IT SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT WAS MOVING TRASH CANS AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
F.B. RIGHT FINGER. CLEANING BEHIND GARBAGE CAN AND WOOD TRIM CAME OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT AT A CRACK HOUSE BAC OF 487 FELL STRIKING BACK OF HEAD AGAINST A GAR BAGE CAN LACERATION SCALP- ADMITTED FOR INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/19/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CARRYING A HEAVY GARBAGE CAN WHEN SHE FELL FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
OCCIPITAL CONTUSION; CERVICAL SPINE CONTUSION; RIGHT RIB CONTUSION R SHOULDER CONTUSION; SINUSITIS-SLIPPED ON ICE GOING TO GET TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT FELT A POP IN BACK WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2003Age: 53 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
53 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PAIN TO (L) RIB AND ABDOMEN WHEN GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO MOVE GARBAGE TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE PINED HIM BTW DOOR AND CARPORT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT THUMB SPRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O FALL.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN. DX LACERATION TO FOREHEA D AND HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/16/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN 2 GARBAGE CANS AND FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O LAC PT TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN. DX LACERATION TO LIP AND CONT TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. BENT OVER TO PICK UP A TRASHBASKET AND SNEEZED , FELT A POP TO LT LAT SIDE. DX. LOW BACK STAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. SLEEPING IN DUMPSTER, DUMPED INTO TRASH TRUCK THAT STARTED COMPRESS ING HIM, HE JUMPED OUT ON ARM. DX. R SHOULDER SEPARATION, 1ST DEG, CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE SPRAIN-PT FELL ON SIDEWALK WHILE PUSHING THE TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON ICE - LANDED ON TRASH CAN ADMITTED OPEN DISLOCATION RIGHT 5TH FINGER PIP W/ LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/28/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT KNEE FRACTURE: RECYCLE BIN FELL AND PT TRIPPED, FALLING INTO IT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AND SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: STANDING IN GARBAGE CAN, COMPACTING GARBAGE, FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT LEG PAIN. PT DEVELOPED PAIN WHEN CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTED HEAVY GARBAGE CONTAINER AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT TRASH CAN FX SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/14/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER LID FLEW OPEN IN WIND AND HIT HEAD CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN-PT FELL DOWN IN DUMPSTER-TWISTED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2003Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIP FX-TRIPPED ON CONCRETE WHILE BRINGING IN GARBAGE CANS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/11/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE STR. PT INJURED KNEE WHEN CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2003Age: 65 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, Tables
65 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL OVER TRASH CAN INTO TABLE CONTUSION RIGHT CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BACK CONT/75YOM FELL BACKWARD INTO PLASTIC WASTE BASKET 2 DAYS AGO AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
R HEAL INJ/55YOM APPROX 1 WK AGO SLIPPED OFF DUMPSTER 6-7 FT ONTO ASPHA LT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 52 YOM PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB SUST AINED AFTER PUTTING HAND INTO A DUMPSTER AND RIGHT THUMB LACERATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
67 Y.O. B MALE W/NECK PAIN. PT INJ WHILE TRYING TO PICK UP A GARBAGE CA N @ HOME. E927
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN LID FELL ON RT. WRIST DX: CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MULT FACIAL LAC. PT FELL WHEN TAKING OUT TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Decorative yard equipment
PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND TRIPPED OVER A DECORATIVE WISHING WELL LANDING ON KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX R RADIUS; CAUGHT IN HANDLE OF FALLING DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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 WALL PAIN - 86 YOF C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER FALL S/P TAKING TRASH CAN OUT YESTERDAY, DID HAVE SOME PAIN RIGHT BACK AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2003Age: 84 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
AT 1230 TODAY WAS PEELING POTATOES @ HOME, STOOD UP & FELL BACKWARDS & STRUCK HEAD ON TRASH CAN, NAUSEA/DIAPHORETIC/WOOZY. DX MYOCARD INFARC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/13/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT STATES HE FELLINTO A DUMPSTER TRYING TO RETRIEVE A CELL PHONE DEVELOPED DIZZINESS AND VOMITED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
S/P R HIP REPLACEMENT C/O RT LEG PAIN WHILE BENDING OVER TO PICKUP TRAS H CAN R HIP PROSTHETIS DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/10/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT INJURED BACK WHEN CARRYING A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE CONTUSION. PT USING A GARBAGE CAN AS A WALKER AND SLIPPED, INJURING KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THROWING WOOD IN DUMPSTER-HURT ARM-SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING HIS TRASH CAN OUT TODAY WHEN IT FELL BACK ON HIM CAUSING HIMT O FALL ONTO HIS DRIVEWAY FRACTURED RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/30/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
52 YO MALE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY TRASH AND FELL INTO DUMPSTER DEEP LACERATION OCCIPITAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED / FELL PULIING GARBAGE CANS DX: COCCYX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Seasonal decorations
PT STEPPED ON GLASS ORNAMENT THAT WAS BY DUMPSTER OUTSIDE. D: FOREIGN B ODY GLASS IN FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE FELL AND HIT THE GARBAGE CANS CAUSING A CONTUSIO N TO HIS NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT FOOT FRACTURE.PT PT HAD A TRASH CAN FALL ON FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
71 YO F HOLDING TRASHCAN FELL DOWN STEPS LANDING ON SHOULDER FX SHOULDER,UNSPECIFIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ON PATIENT DX: T12 & L2 COMPRESSION FRACTURE, CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS BIL LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
82 YO WM - BACK STRAIN - CONTUSION RT. HIP - NURSING HOME PT. GOT OUT O F WHEELCHAIR- TRIED TO SIT ON TRASH CAN - FELL ONTO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME FELL ON THE DRIVEWAY FRAC TURED RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT TRASH FX KNEE WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER GARBAGE CANS DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tables
PT SUST LACERATION TO LIP TRIPPED ON GARBAGE CAN HIT MOUTH ON TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2003Age: 68 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
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AND FELL, R3SULTING IN CONTUSION TO HE R CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2003Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING FOREARM ON WASTEBASKET AND PELVIS ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Swings or swing sets
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER WHEN GO ING THROUGH DUMPSTER TO GET PART FOR GRANDDAUGHTERS SWING SET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT CORNEAL AB-PICKING UP GARBAGE CAN LID-A BUSH HIT EYE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2003Age: 96 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Toilets
PT IN THE NURSING HOME IN HER BATHROOM AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON EITHER THE TOILET OR THE WASTE CAN NEXT TO IT- LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT WAS TRYING TO PUT A BEER CAN INTO THE GARBAGE CAN THE LIP OF THE CAN WAS STRUCK FELL BACKWARDS TO THE DRIVEWAY CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HER SHOULDER ON TRASH CAN AND FRACTUR ING HER SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
BENT OVER TO PICK UP WASTE BASKET OFF FLOOR DX LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIP & FALL AT DUMPSTER CONT. TO HEAD / ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2003Age: 64 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
HIT CHEST ON DUMPSTER YESTERDAY DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2003Age: 70 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
PAIN CARRYING GARBAGE CAN OUT DX. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/04/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED WHILE GETTING IN TRASH CANS-HIT HEAD ON PAVEMENT DX CONTUSION FACIAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2003Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP LACERATION - FELL OVER A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ONTO FACE WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH. ACUTE CT FACE & LAC NOSE, NASAL BRIDGE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT TRIPPED ON A GARBAGE CAN AND FELL. DX-CONTUSIONS NECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78 YOM PULLING TRASH CAN SPRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT HAND ON BROKEN LID TO TRASH CAN DX LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN-PT C/O LEFT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER EMPTYING A TRASH C AN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Light bulbs
AT HOME STANDING ON PLASTIC LID OF DUMPSTER TO CHANGE LIGHT BULB, LID CAVED IN, FINGER TRAPPED BETWEEN SIDE OF DUMPSTER/LID. DX AVULS LT RING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2003Age: 79 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
MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES - 79 YOM FELL WHILE EMPTYING THE TRASH, HAS MULT IPLE RIB FRACTURES AND IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/26/2003Age: 70 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
PAIN CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN OUT DX. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
LEFT CLAVICLE FRACTURE.PT WAS TAKING TRASH CAN DOWN STEPS AND FELL AND INJURED CLAVICLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2003Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LOST CONTROL OF WHEELED TRASH CAN AND FELL. DX: 3 CM R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUSHING DOWN THE GARBAGE IN HIS GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS G LASS IN THE CAN SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN: PUSHING LARGE TRASH CAN AND BENT WRIST BACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OUTSIDE WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE. CLOSED FX RT SCAPULA & CT RT SHO ULDER/ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT 2ND TOE FX. PT DROPPED A 33 GALLON TRASH CAN ONTO FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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, Furniture
PT RAMMED INTO DUMPSTER WHEN MOVING FURNITURE CAUSING INJ TO CHEST DX:CHESTWALL STRAIN/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic products
PT RECEIVED CUT TO EAR WHEN PICKED UP GARBAGE CAN AND A PEICE OF HARD PLASTIC CUT HER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55YOM AT HOME REACHED HAND INTO GARBAGE BAG CUT BY UNKNOWN OBJECT DX/3CM DEEP LAC L FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STUCK HAND IN GARBAGE CAN AND CUT FINGER ON A PIECE OF METAL DX: FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS AT DUMPSTER WHILE IT WAS WINDY. CACTUS HAIR GOT IN EYE. D: CORNE AL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT WAS MOVING A HEAVY TRASH CAN AND SPRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
71 YOF MOVING HEAVY TRASH CANS STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TWISTED KNEE JUMPING OFF GARBAGE CAN DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SEEN FOR HAND LAC AFTER CUTTING IT ON A METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING GARBAGE CAN HANDS GOT CAUGHT & PT FELL DX: BILAT HAND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN AT HOME TRIPPED OFF THE CURB FRACTURED LEFT H IP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/26/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FACIAL CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A PLASTIC BIN AND INJURED FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED & FELL WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE. ACUTE CLOSED FX LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
FELL CARRYING GARBAGE CAN AT RETIREMENT CENTER, HIT FLOOR DX. HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/21/2003Age: 70 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. HIT HER RIBCAGE ON A TRASH BIN CONTUSION RIBCAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVED HEAVY TRASH CANS, DEVELOPED ABD, PAIN DX: ACUT ABD. PAIN, R/O MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES SHE TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO A WOODEN TRASH CAN AND CUT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ELDERLY MALE WAS LIFTING GARBAGE CAN IN BACK YARD SUFFERED LOW BACK STR AIN,LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LOST BALANCE IN BATHROOM AND FELL, HITTING SHOULDER ON WASTEBASKET. DX. FX. R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/14/2003Age: 67 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
67 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/13/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL PULLING ON GARBAGE CAN DX. HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/09/2003Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
63 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF HIS TRUCK & STRUCK H EAD ON GARBAGE CAN @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ABR RIGHT HEEL, HEAD, KNEES, LEFT ELBOW. PT HAD A TRASH CAN FALL ON HER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
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 HIT SELF INTO PIECE OF METAL OFF DUMPSTER WHEN PUTTING OUT TRASH AT HOME DX:RIB BRUISES/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, House repair or construction materials
61 YOF WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN; TRIPPED ON A BRICK AND FELL. FACIA L ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
86 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT STRUCK GARBAGE CAN @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHILE CARRYING GARBAGE CAN-DX-L HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN LANDED ON BUTT. C/O PAIN & TINGLING. DX: LOW BACK STRAIN.:
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YOF TRIPPED ON TRASH CAN LID FX FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD A DUMPSTER LID FALL ONTO RIGHT HAND AS SHE WAS THROWING TRASH AW AY AT HER APT COMPLEX CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
REACHING INTO GARBAGE CAN AND CUT HAND ON GLASS. DX LEFT RING FINGER LAC WITH TENDON INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
74 YO FEMALE FELL WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH CAN FRACTURE SKULL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O PARTIAL TENDON LACERATION RT 2ND MCP TODAY S/P GARBAGE CAN HIT RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HIS TRASH CAN CAUGHT FIRE & SOMETHING EXPLODED BURNING HIS LEG (NO FIRE DEPT MENTIONED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tables
64 YO M FELL, HIT HEAD ON PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN/WOODEN TABLE. DX FACIAL C ONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED CARRYING OUT GARBAGE CAN DX. FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
EMPTYING TRASH AND HIT ELBOW ON THE DUMPSTER CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TOOK OUT GARBAGE 1 HOUR AGO. ACUTE LT RADIAL/ULNAR WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT 5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON A TRASH CAN LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT LEG AGAINST TRASH CAN, CELLULITIS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHILE CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
80 Y OF R RIB PAIN AFTER FALLING, HITTING RIBS ON GARBAGE CAN. DX RIB F RACTURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/13/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FRACTURED WRIST WHEN FELL MOVING GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FRACTURED WRIST WHEN FELL WHEN PICKING UP TRASH CAN TO TAKE GARBAGE OUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT HAND SPRAIN: TAKING OUT GARBAGE AND INJURED HAND AFTER FALLING ONTO HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL ON EDGE OF GARBAGE CAN. DX: 6 CM FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIPPED & FELL WHILE PULLING TRASH CAN RADIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls
LACERATION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS SHE HAD WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN WALL AND D UMPSTER AT HOME CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT PALMER ASPECT OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2003Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STTES HE LIFTED A HEAVY TRASH CAN INJURING HIS BACK AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL AND INJURE D SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
51 YOF WAS A RESTRAINED PASSENGER INVOLVED IN MVA WHEN CAR HIT A DUMPS TER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONTUSION, RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT 3RD FINGER LAC-@ CHURCH-CUT ON SOMETHING IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN, FELL AND INJURED HUMERUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YO BM - SMALL LAC. TO FINGER - TRIPPED OVER TRASHCAN AT CARWASH, SU STAINING LAC. TO MIDDLE FINGER - HIT ON TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX: FOREHEAD LAC AND CONTUSION. FELL STRIKING HEAD ON METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AGAINST GARBAGE CAN DX. LOWER LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM: CUT ARM ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2003Age: 88 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
PT. BECAME DIZZY AND PASSED OUT - FELL AGAINST WOODEN TRASH CAN AND FRACTURED TWO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SOING YARD WORK AT HOME WHEN FELL HITTING HEAD ON TRASH CAN SUST LAC DX SCALP LAC CONTUSION R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIP ON WALK CARRYING TRASH CAN FACIAL LAC,ELBOW ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT EYEBROW LACERATION.PT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AND FELL AND LACERA TED EYEBROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A WOODEN GARBAGE CAN @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT WRIST SPRAIN-REMODELING-THROWING WOOD INTO DUMPSTER-FELT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars
CUT KNEE ON A BROKEN GLASS JAR IN THE GARBAGE BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD A SEIZURE, TRIED TO HOLD ONTO DUMPSTER, FELL, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic bags
PUSHING DOWN GARBAGE IN PLASTIC BAG INTO GARBAGE CAN, CUT FINGER ON SOM ETHING SHARP. DX: LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GETTING IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WIND BLEW GARBAGE CAN INTO HER SHE FELL LANDING ON BACK OF HEAD DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY W SCALP CONTS HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2003Age: 76 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
CLINICAL RIB FX-FELL ONTO A WASTE BASKET-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN AND FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THREW SOMETHING IN PUBLIC TRASH CAN AND SCRAPED FINGER LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HAND AFTER TAKING GARBAGE OUT AND CUT H AND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HOMELESS PT LACERATED FOREARM WHILE "DUMPSTER DIVING". +ETOH. D: FOREAR M LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN - FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL THIS A.M. ONTO BOTH KNEES. WHILE PUSHING GARBAGE CANS. DX: (R) KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2003Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTING THE LID OF A DUMPSTER AT HER APR COMPLEX STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PULLED ON TRASH CAN DX. LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL APPROX. 10 FEET AT DUMP, HIT DUMPSTER ON WAY DOWN DX: CEREBRAL CONTUSION ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/31/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC R HAND; STUMBLED OVER GREEN TRASH TOTER HE WAS PUSHING & FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
58 YO MALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN - ETOH LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2003Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STRAINED WRIST WHEN PUSHING A WASTE CONTAINER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/22/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WAS MOVING A GARBAGE CAN AND FELL, (NEW INJURY), LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT BACK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR SPASM. PT INJURED BACK WHEN CARRYING A TRASH CAN.,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
82 YOF FELL TAKING TRASH TO DUMPSTER CONTUSION HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2003Age: 76 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
RIB FRACTURES.PT PULLED IN A TRASH CAN AND FELL AND STRUCK CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
HEMATOMA LEFT EYE - WAS LEANING ON A TRASH CAN AT *** HAB. CENTER - CAN MOVED AND HE FELL ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
L PROX HUMERUS FX/79YOF FELL AT HOME WHILE PUSHING TRASH INTO CAN AND H URT R SHOULDER/ARM. WAS IN THE KITCHEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LEG FROM BROKEN GLASS WHILE TAKING GARBAGE OUT OF CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GOING TO GARBAGE CAN AT H OME TO EMPTY TRASH AND FELL ON ICE ONTO HER BUTT AND HER RIGHT ELBOW. DX FRACTURE RIGHT ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
80 YO M WENT TO BATHROOM, FELL OVER TRASH CAN ON TO FLOOR. DX FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78 YOF TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN SPRAIN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRYING TO MOVE GARBAGE CAN INSIDE THE HOUSE FELL DX: DISLOCATION LT. SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OVER TRASH CAN; FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LT WRIST FX-FELL GETTING GARBAGE CAN FROM SNOWBANK-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/20/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT TOOK A TRASH CAN OUT TO ALLEY AND TWISTED ANKLE ON I CE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 68 YOF LACERATED RIGHT PINKY FINGER ON SOMETHING IN SIDE THE TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MC FX-AT HOME-TRIPPED-FELL ON UNEVEN DRIVEWAY-CARRYING GARBAGE CANS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O HURTING LOWER BACK WHILE LIFTING TRASH CAN TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHILE CARRYING TRASH CANS-HIT HEAD ON CAN DX LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2003Age: 53 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
PT WAS MOVING DUMPSTER WHICH FELL ON HIM 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62YOF INJURY TO FOOT ON TRASH BARREL AT HOME DX/FOOT INJURY/FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES SHE WAS HIT IN NOSE BY A TRASH CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES SHE STRUCK HEAD ON DUMPSTER WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
TRASH DUMPSTER FELL OVER AND KOCKED 61 YO MALE TO FLOOR FRACTURE L5
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/03/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON BUTTOCKS WITH DUMPSTER FALLING ON PT. DX. L1 FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/30/2003Age: 51 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
CHEST WALL CONTUSION AFTER TRYING TO CLIMB INTO A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2003Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
64 Y O F FELT POP IN BACK WHILE LIFTING TRASHCAN AT HOME. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
A GARBAGE CAN FELL ON PTS FOOT, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT WALKING WHILE LIGHTING A CIGARETTE, TRIPPED OVER A GARBAGE CAN, STRA INED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2003Age: 60 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
CONTUS L CHEST; SLIPPED & HIT SIDE ON DUMPSTER, L RIB AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2003Age: 71 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
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN 3 DAYS PRIOR CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT UPPER ARM STRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND INJURED UPPER ARM .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OVER TRASH CAN CUTTING SCALP DX LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62 Y/O M C/O FOREHEAD LAC PT FELL AND HIT FOREHEAD ON TRASH CAN DX FORE HEAD LAC AND HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2003Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVING GARBAGE CAN WITH WHEELSON IT, WHEELS STUCK, SHE FELL. FACIAL ABRASION, SHOULDER STRAIN, ELBOW AVULSION, THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GARBAGE CAN LID FELL ON PTS HAND, INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YO F FELL IN THE YARD MOVING TRASH CAN, FELT SOMETHING MOVE IN BACK. DX LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2003Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN AND STRUCK BACK OF HEAD AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
84 YO FEMALE TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING TRASH CAN OUT LEFT HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
FELL CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DOWN STEPS DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2003Age: 69 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 FELL FROM GARBAGE CAN ONTO LOG. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
S/P FALL&HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN-WAS@HOME ALONE.DX: UPPER,MID&LWER BACK C ONTUSIONS, RT KNEE& LEG CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/10/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
53 YOM CUNT ON GARBAGE CAN LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
86 YO F PICKING UP TRASH CAN SLIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HEAD CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INJ RT FOOT@HOME-PT'S R FOOT BRUSHED AGAINST GARBAGE WHICH CONTAINED BR OKEN GLASS(NS WHAT TYPE).3.5CM LINEAR/SQ RT FOOT LAC, SUTURED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Crutches, canes or walkers
S/P FALL OUTSIDE WHILE MOVING GARBAGE-STEPPED DOWN TOO FAST,W/ WALKER-L ACS TO R FH. 2,3 & 1CM SUPERFICIAL/LINEAR/IRREG LACS;HEAD/FACIAL CONTUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
66 YOF STEPPED OVER WASTE CAN AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE. SPRAIN, LEFT ANKL E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INJURED CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. UPPER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX CONTUSION TO HEAD: FELL WHILE STANDING IN GARBAGE CAN STOMPING DOWN GARBAGE AT HOME, HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
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
L RIB PAIN/STRAIN; PAIN NOTED WHILE PULLING TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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