Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,244
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Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	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
TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN/HIP PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PATIENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO COMPRESS LEAVES IN GARBAGE CAN & FELL COMPLAINING OF LT WRIST & GROIN PAIN. DX - LT ACETABULAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/18/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN PT ROOM UPSTAIRS IN HOSPITAL HIT HIP AND HEAD ON PLASTIC TRASH CAN NO LOC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 54 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 CARRYING A TRASH CAN OUTSIDE AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	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
SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT LIFTING A GARBAGE BAG AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS , ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	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
PT. FELL BACK ONTO METAL TRASH CAN. INJURYING LOWER BACK. DX. LOWER BAC K PAIN. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 55 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: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FRACTURE HIP - PATIENT FELL FROM DUMPSTER AT HOME - STEPPED OFF EDGE OF DUMPSTER - ALSO FRACTURE TO RIGHT WRIST - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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
FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED AT NURSING HOME AND HIT HIP ON WASTE CAN. CONT USION OF LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 87 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
TURNING OVER GARBAGE CAN IN STREET LOST BALANCE FELL ON GUTTER HIP FX LOWER BACK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 90 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: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIPPED ON CURB WHILE TAKING GARBAGE OUT, FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 67 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
LEFT HIP STR. PT FELT POP IN HIP WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL WHILE MOVING TRASH CANS AT HER HOME. DX - RIGHT FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2005	Age: 54 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
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: MOVING TRASH CAN AT HOME, INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 78 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
FRACTURE HIP - 78 YOF FELL OVER A TRASH CAN AT A STORE INJURING HER RIG HT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 55 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
LEFT HIP STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN PULLING A HEAVY TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 77 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
TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT, TRIPPED OVER DRIVEWAY & FELL. ACUTE INTERTROCHA NTERIC FX RT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 81 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON TRASH CAN LOW BACK PAIN MOST LIKELY CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 98 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT LOST BALANCE, AND A DUMPSTER FELL ON PT DX: RT HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
ABDOMINAL PAIN-C/O PAIN TO ABDOMEN AFTER PULLING A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2005	Age: 56 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 STRAIN-FELL WHILE TRYING TO MOVE WASTE CONTAINERS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 56 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 HAULING A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN IT FELL STRIKING BOTH LOWER LEGS STRAINED LOWER BACK CONTUSION SHINS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 51 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
DX CONTUSION TO BACK: FELL WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLEEPING IN DUMPSTER, FELL OR JUMPED WHEN DUMPSTER WAS BEING PICKED UP BY TRASH TRUCK DX: LOW BACK PAIN S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2005	Age: 54 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
54 YO CARRYING TRASH CAN SPRAIN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2005	Age: 88 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
DX RIGHT HIP CONTUSION: INJURED HIP ON GARBAGE WHEN TAKING IT OUT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 84 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, TAKING TRASH OUT TO GARBAGE CAN ACUTE HIP PAIN, R/O HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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
BENDING OVER TO PUT TRASH IN CAN,FELT DIZZY,FELL AT N.H.-RT HIP CONTUSI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2005	Age: 59 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 STRAINED BACK WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2005	Age: 51 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 C/O BACK PAIN, TWISTED WHILE MOVING TRASH CAN. DX: LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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 LARGE TRASH CAN INT TRUCK LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 51 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
LIFTING HEAVY GARBAGE CAN. ACUTE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVED A TRASH BIN-ACUTE BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2005	Age: 52 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
LIFTED TRASH CAN LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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