Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,214
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Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT IN HEAD WHEN BOARD FLIPPED OVER TRASH CAN DX: CONCUSSION, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIP & FALL, PULLING OUT TRASH CAN SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING FOREHEAD ON A GARBAGE CAN SUSTAINED A CLOS ED HEAD INJURY WITH SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED WHILE PULLING TRASH CAN AND FELL FORWARD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL TAKING GARBAGE CANS OUT. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, FACIAL LACS 5.5 CM TOTAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Containers
PT WAS BEHIND A GROCERY STORE CLAIMING TO COLLECT BOXES WHEN THE POLICE SHOWED UP HE FELL OUT OF THE DUMPSTER ONTO HEAD CHI WITH EPID HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
73 YO SLID HOLDING TRASH CAN STRUCK HEAD WHEN FELL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A METAL WASTEBASKET CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT RECYCLING BIN TRIPPED ON PAVEMET LAC TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIP & FALL, TAKING OUT TRASH HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAS HEADACHE SINCE BEING HIT ON HEAD BY GARBAGE CAN LID YESTERDAY. D : CLOSED HEAD INJURY, DM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP LAC-KNEE CT-HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CONTAINER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH DX - HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WHILE TRYING TO PUSH LEAVES DOWN IN TRASH CAN FELL DX: CONTUSIONS HEAD & RT. FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEAD LAC-FELL AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN-@ HANDICAPPED HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHEN TRASH BIN FLIPPED OVER FX WRIST, FACIAL CONT/LAC, B H T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL HIT ARM AND FACE TAKING GARBAGE CAN TO ROAD, +ETOH. DX CHI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING GARBAGE OUT AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ...CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
57 YOF FELL HITTING TRASH CAN CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS IN DUMPSTER FELL HITTING HEAD DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2004	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
90 YO MALE CARRIED GARBAGE CAN OUT AND HIT HEAD - SEIZURE SEIZURE - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL CARRYING TRASH CAN DX. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
89 YO MALE FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN THIS MORNING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING LARGE GARBAGE CAN AND HURT HEAD - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2004	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL AND HIT GARBAGE CAN. DX: HEAD INJURY, R ORBITAL BLOWOUT FX, FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Garage doors
SCALP LACERWATION.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON GARAGE DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CARRYING TRASH AND FELL HITTING HEAD AND LAC BROW WITH CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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