Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,247
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Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 78 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 WHEELING OUT HIS GARBAGE CAN AT HOME AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE CON CRETE DRIVEWAY SUSTRAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 74 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
74YOM TRIPPED ON GARBAGE CAN LID HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF CAN SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 77 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
HEAD TRAUMA.PT.REFERS GETTING DIZZY FALLING DOWN,HIT HEAD WITH A RUBBER GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	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
PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN DX// CONTUSION HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION SCALP-TRIPPED & FELL INTO A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Refrigerators
TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN, HIT HEAD ON REFRIGERATOR DX SCALP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2006	Age: 55 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
PT FELL INTO DUMPSTER HEAD FIRST. +LOC. D:CHI, CERVICAL STRAIN, CONTUSI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 82 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
FELL INTO A DUMPSTER TRYING TO RETRIEVE WIFES MEDICATIONS CLOSED HEAD I NJURY/NECK AND BACK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
52 YO FEMALE TRIPPED AT BORGATA AND HIT HEAD AGAINST METAL TRASH CAN LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 57 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
57YOM HIT HEAD ON PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN STEP ON LID CAN LID HIT IN HEAD/S CALP LAC ABRASION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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
DX HEAD LACERATION: CUT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 73 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 FELL WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE, WHEELS OF CONTAINER HIT AGAINST CURB AND CONTAINTER TOPPLED OVER CAUSING PT TO FALL DX: HEAD INJ, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
63YOF BROKE TRASH CAN SCALP LAC GI HEMORAGE I
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEAD HEMATOMA-STOMPING DOWN TRASH IN GARBAGE CAN-LOST BALANCE FELL-NO L OC-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	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
CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
FELL TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE. DX- SCALP ABRASION, RIB INJURY, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BEHIND *** FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A DUMPSTER CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	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
CHI. PT WAS MOVING TRASH CANS WHEN THE WIND BLEW HER OVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
CLEANING TRASH, FELL INTO TRASH CAN, C/O HEAD, ARM, CHEST PAIN, DX; HEAD AND CHEST CONTUSION/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEAD TRAUMA, VIA EMS, PT CLIMBING ONTO A DUMPSTER, FELL BACKWARD AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, DIZZINESS, LOC (+).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 76 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
PT WAS INTOXICATED SITTING ON TOP OF A DUMPSTER OUTSIDE OF A STORE AND FELL OFF SUSTAINMED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
55 YO MALE FELL INTO CONCRETE TRASH CAN AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	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
CHI.LEFT HAND CONTUSION.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL AND HIT H EAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 80 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
TRIPPED ON TRASH CAN LID AT HOME CHT/LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	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
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 81 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
PT FELL AND HIT GARBAGE CAN. DX: SCALP/FACE LAC 7 CM, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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