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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,413
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Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 77 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
PT FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A GARBAGE CAN SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 57 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
HEAD LAC, PT FELL PULLING ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 78 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
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN;. DX-MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	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 W/HELMET ON WAS HIT IN HEAD BY DUMPSTER LID. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, R SHOULDER INJURY, DIABETES MELLITUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 91 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, Decorative yard equipment
DOG TRIPPED PATIENT HIT MAILBOX AND GARBAGE CAN SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONCUSSION-FELL AGAINST SIDE OF DUMPSTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	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
FELL WHILE PUTTING THE TRASH IN THE DUMPSTER, FOOT GOT CAUGHT & FELL BA CKWARDS---HEAD CONTUSION/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 51 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: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DIZZY, FELL ONTO TRASHCAN, DX; SYNCOPE, SCALP LAC., CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
TRIP OVER TRASH CAN, DX; BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 82 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
FELL AT HOME GETTING GARBAGE CAN. DX SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 66 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
PATIENT WAS AT HOME, LOST HER BALANCE, FELL FORWARD STRIKING HER HEAD ON A TRASH CAN. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	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
FELL INTO PLASTIC TRASH CAN, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 90 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
FELL OVER A TRASH CAN AND LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
PT WAS HIT WITH BOTTOM OF A PLASTIC TRASH CAN TO LEFT FOREHEAD AT HOME, HAS A KNOT TO FOREHEAD. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	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
PT FELL HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 85 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 WAS MOVING A GARBAGE CAN AND STEPPED ON AN ACORN THAT WAS IN THE GRA SS THAT CAUSED HER TO FALL TO THE DRIVEWAY LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 96 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
PT FELL IN DRIVEWAY AND TRASH CAN FELL ON TOP OF HER DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
73 YO MALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 55 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 WHILE TAKING GARBAGE CAN DOWN DRIVEWAY. DX: SCALP LAC 1.5 CM, CONT HEAD/R ELBOW/FOREAR/HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	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
CLOSED HEAD INJURY, NASAL FX, 80 YOF, MOVING A DUMPSTER AND TRIPPED ON CONCRETE HITTING HER FACE & NOSE.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 WAS AT HOME CLEANING OUT A GARBAGE CAN, TIPPING IT OVER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HEAD W/ FOREHEAD LACEDRATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 76 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
PT FELL HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	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 TRIED TO STOMP DOWN GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER AND FELL OUT. DX: HEAD CONT, MULT ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT WAS GETTING OUT OF A TRASH CAN, TRIPPED, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROCK. DX-OCCIPITAL SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
72 YO MALE FELL IN DUMPSTER LAST WEEK LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 90 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
90YOF WAS HOME TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON METAL WASTEBASKET; HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN, LANDED ON THE GROUND, C/O KNEE PAIN, FEET GOT TANGLED IN THE LID. DX-SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, FRACTURE PATELLA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
57 YO MALE HAD METAL DOOR OF DUMPSTER FALL ON HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 87 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
LACERATION HEAD.PT.REFERS TRIP OVER GARBAGE CAN FALLING DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2008	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
HEAD CT-FELL ON ICE WHILE GETTING TRASH CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 79 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 TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL ON ICE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 66 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, Motor vehicles or parts
PT RUNNING TO CATCH BUS, TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND FELL AT BUS STEPS . HIT SHOULDER ON GARBAGE CAN. D:SHOULDER/TEMPLE CONTUSION, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 85 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
PT ATTEMPRTING TO EMPTY OUT HER RECYCLING BIN AND FELL LANDING ONTO HEA D SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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