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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 298
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT LOWER LEG STRAIN.PT LIFTED A DUMPSTER LID AND LIFTING UP ON LOWER LE G AND THEN HAD PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL HIT LEG ON A TRASH CAN LEG PAIN SWELLING REDNESS CELLULITIS RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds or bedframes |
| PT LAC RT LOW LEG ON METAL TRASH CAN WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUSHING TRASH IN TRASH CAN; RAN STICK IN LEFT SHIN. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEF T SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Motorized vehicles |
| STRUCK SHIN ON A TRASH CAN RIDING ON HER RIDING POWER CHAIR. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT LEG ON GLASS STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE CAN " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT LOWER EXT LAC, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH AND CUT LEG ON CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC LEG ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN TAKING OUT TRASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | 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 Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE: FELL TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT TO CURB AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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