Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,125
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Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LT 4TH FINGER CONT: PLACING TRASH IN RECEPTICLE AT LOCAL FISH MARKET, STATES FINGER GOT CLOSED ON BY GARBAGE LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED THUMB WHILE EMPTYING HEAVY TRASH CAN. DX: PHALANX FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN AND WAS CUT ON GLASS. DX: R INDEX LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78 Y/O CUT LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT NURSING HOME, ALSO FALLS FREQUENTLY. DX-FX LEFT SCAPULA, SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX TUFT FX R INDEX FINGER: W CLOS'G A LARGE DOOR ON A DUMPSTER & CAUGHT RIF IN THE BAR THAT HOLDS THE LARGE DOORS CLOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP OBJECT IN TRASH CAN AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62 YOF SLAMMED LEFT INDEX FINGER IN A DUMPSTER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ON FINGER AT HOME FX LT MID FINGER *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX R HAND 4TH DIGIT LAC: CUT HIMSELF ON EDGE OF GARBAGE BIN,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER WHILE DUMPING GARBAGE CANS, POSSIBLY ON GLASS OR METAL CA N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT THUMB WHILE PUTTING THINGS IN DUMPSTER. DX: FINGER LAC .5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
PUSHED GARBAGE BAG INTO CAN- LID HIT THUMB DX; LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC FINGER ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUS LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSNING TRAS CAN CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE LACERATION RIGHT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX LT INDEX FINGER LACERATION - CUT FINGER WITH GARBAGE CAN JUST PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
61 YO MALE CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OUT A METAL TRASH CAN AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Pins and needles
LEFT 4TH FINGER LAC, PT WAS EMPTYING TRASH CAN AND WAS STUCK WITH A NEE DLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MASHED FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. DX FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON TRASH CAN DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A TRASH CAN AT A GAS STATION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON CERAMIC TILE TRASH CAN STUCK HAND IN TRASH CAN AFTER I BROKE LACERATION RIGHT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Doors
WAS TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUTSIDE AT THE PENITENTIARY WHERE HE IS INCARCER ATED. STEELE DOOR FELL ON FINGER. TRAUM. AMP. RT. 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP METAL WHEN EMPTYING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
89YFC OPENING DUMPSTER LID CAUGHT FINGER ON LID/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING O UT TRASH CONTAINER AND PIECE OF WOOD SPLINTER WENT UNDER FINGE RNAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Poles
PT HELPING TO MOVE DUMPSTER WHEN FINGER BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND A POLE. D: OPEN LEFT 5TH PROXIMAL PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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