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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 861
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN, CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS, SUSTAINED " FINGER LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT FINGER ON A METAL STORAGE BIN DX: L 4TH FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PULLING GARBAGE CANS APART AT HOME. DX. FX L RING FINGER PROX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WENT TO DUMP THE TRASH IN THE TRASH CAN, RACCOON JUMPED&BITE HER FIN GERS SUSTAINED" LT 2ND&3RD FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND DUE TO RACCOON BITE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STATED TAHT SHE HIT HER HAND ON A METAL DUMPSTER SUSTAINED " RT 3RD FINGER CONTUSION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUTTING TRASH IN A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS SOME TRASH IN IT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PUSHING SOMETHING INTO THE DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 52 YOM WAS PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN A TRASH CAN AND NOW HAS ACUTE MALLET T O RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT OFF PINKY FINGER R HAND, CLOSED IN DUMPSTER DX: AMPUTATION TIP R 5TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAD GARBAGE CAN FALL ON HAND; FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HURT FINGER ON A GARBAGE CAN. DX. L RING FINGER CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2004 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT FINGER ON A TRASH CAN LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT FINGER ON A TRASH CAN AT THE MALL LEFT 3RD DIGIT W/ NAILBED INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUNCTURED WOUND TO LEFT THUMB ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: SUPERFICIAL PUNCTURE WOULD LEFT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2004 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| INJURED DUMPING TRASH CAN INTO DUMPSTER DX. FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 79 YO F PUSHING TRASH IN TRASH CAN CUT FINGER ON CAN LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN TRASHCAN LEFT 3RD FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| 79 YOF PLACED GARBAGE IN GARBAGE CAN AND CUT FINGER ON COFFEE CAN-DX LACERATION ON DORSAL LEFT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT 3RD FINGER SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND HYPEREXTENDED FING ER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2004 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 84 YOF WAS TAKING OUT HER GARBAGE CAN; IT SLIPPED AND SHE CUT HER FINGE R. LACERATION, LEFT 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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