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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 741
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/18/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIB FX. PT FELL INTO A DUMPSTER INJURING CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CHEST STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN FALLING OVER A METAL GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT REACHING INTO TALL GARBAGE CAN, FELT PULL IN RT RIB AREA, CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FRACTURE RIB - PATIENT FELL AGAINST A WASTE BASKET AT HOME YESTERDAY - HAS BRUISING AND PAIN OF THE RIGHT CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR OBJECT THAT HAD FALLEN TO FLOOR USING WASTE BASKET AS LEVERAGE, BASKET SLIPPED & HE FELL TO FLOOR. DX-RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL ON TRASH CAN AND HIT RIBS DX: RT RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2006 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BUMPED CHEST AGAINST DUMPSTER INJURING RIBS BUT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT 9TH RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2006 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CONTUSION CHEST WHILE BENDING OVER A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 74 YO MALE LIFTED HEAVY TRASH CAN CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS "DUMPSTER DIVING" ONE WEEK AGO AND HAD TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF DU MPSTER. NOW WITH CHEST PAIN. D: CHEST WALL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL AGAINST METAL GARBAGE CAN; RIGHT CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON WASTE BASKET 2 DAYS PTA DX: FX LT 7TH + 8TH RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LEFT RIB FRACTURE: FELL AGAINST RECYCLE CONTAINER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CONTUSION LT CHEST WALL - FELL OUT OF DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIB CONT. PT LOST BALANCE WHEN THROWING A BOTTLE INTO DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL FORWARD,HITTING CHEST ON TRASH CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT REACHING INTO DUMPSTER TO GET SOMETHING OUT, FELT POP IN CHEST, FX R IB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT RIB CONT, PT FELL WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED&FELL HITTING CW ON A GARBAGE CAN " RIB FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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