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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 319
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BIL KNEE ABR. PT WAS PULLING OUT TRASH CAN WHEN SHE WAS STARTLED BY A S QUIRREL AND FELL TO BOTH KNEES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 52YOM WAS PUSHING A DUMPSTER AT HOME,FELT PAIN IN LT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN PULLING OUT TRASH CANS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| IN CAFETERIA DISPOSING OF HER TRASH IN CAN,COUGHING SO HARD SHE FELL OV ER AND SPRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT KNEE PAIN FROM HITTING KNEE ON GARBAGE CAN. DX-ACUTE KNEE PAIN, PATELLA BURSITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS THROWING TRASH INTO A DUMPSTER AND STRUCK KNEE AGAINST THE DUM PSTER CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| C/O KNEE PAIN, FELL AND HURT LEFT KNEE PUSHING GARBAGE CAN SLIPPED AND FELL. DX-FRACTURE PATELLA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 71 YO FEMALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED INTO TRASH CAN SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TWISTED WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A DUMPSTER. DX: L KNEE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TWISTED AND INJ RT KNEE WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND FELL. DX; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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