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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 316
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| RT TIB/FIB FX.PT FELL OVER A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 75 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 |
| PATIENT DROPPED SOMETHING IN GARBAGE DUMPSTER AMD WENT IN TO GET IT, CLIMBING OVER HIT CORNER OF DUMPSTER WITH LEG. DX-LAC. LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT DROPPED WASTE CAN ONTO LEG. DX: L LEG CONT/ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 51 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 |
| 51 YO F LACERATION LOWER LEG CUT ON TRASH CAN AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 84 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, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| 84 YOF LACERATED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON PLASTIC TRASH CAN, PT TAKING *** BU T BLEEDING CONTROLLED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| LIFTING TRASH BIN EMPTYING IN DUMPSTER ON TOES STRAIN RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 92 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: Avulsion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS WEEDING AT HOME LOST BALANCE AND FELL INTO A METAL TRASH CAN SUS TAINED SKIN TEARS TO LOWER LEGS AND ARMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 93 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 |
| FELL AND HIT TRASH CAN, RLL LAC DX; RLL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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