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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,191
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Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 12/17/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 12/15/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 11/17/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 11/12/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 11/12/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 10/28/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 10/12/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 10/10/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 10/01/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 09/30/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 09/16/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 09/15/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 09/08/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 08/30/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 08/02/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 08/02/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 07/28/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 07/22/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 07/21/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 07/18/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 07/13/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 07/01/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 06/30/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 06/03/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 04/04/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 03/22/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 03/19/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 03/15/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 02/18/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 02/04/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 02/03/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 01/30/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 01/16/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 01/14/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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: 01/13/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: 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

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