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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,085
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 74 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 CONTUSION..PT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 61 YOM WAS REACHING INTO DUMPSTER TO GET PHONE CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 59 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX SUSPECTED RIB FX: C/O LOWER L RIG PAIN, BUNRN'G SENSAT'N W HE COUGH PAIN STATED 2D AGO AFTER PULL'G HARD ON GARBAGE BIN LOADED W DIRT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS ROLLING HIS GARABGE CAN TO THE END OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND EXPERIEN CED SEVERE CHEST PAIN ADMITTED FOR CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/13/2008 | Age: 85 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 |
| BACK CT-FELL WHILE PUTTING LEAVES INTO GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LEFT RIB FX.PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 93 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 |
| BANGED (R) SIDE RIBS ON A GARBAGE CAN----RIB PAIN R/O FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL AND HIT CHEST ON WASTE BASKET. DX: CHEST CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 55 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, Workshop furnishings |
| FELL AGAINST SAWHORSE AND GARBAGE CAN/ RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| RIGHT RIB STR. PT STRAINED RIBS THROWING TRASH IN DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2008 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT WAS REACHING TO GET RECYCLABLES OUT OF BIN AND SLIPPED HITTING CHEST ON BIN. DX: R 9TH RIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 81 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 |
| FELL CARRYING TRASH CAN/RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 58 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 |
| PULLING WEEDS AT HOME, SLIPPED HIT CHEST ON GARBAGE CAN. DX RIB CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS GETTING TRASH OUT OF TRASH CAN AND REACHED OVER THE TRASH CAN AN D HAS HAD CHEST PAIN EVER SINCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 81 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 |
| 81YOM ACCIDENTLY FELL AGAINST A COMMERCIAL GARBAGE CAN LAST NIGHT; RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT WITH CHEST WALL SPRAIN FROM A FALL ONTO RECYCLING BIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2008 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PAIN TO CHEST TRIPPED OVER WASTE BASKET TO FLOOR DX: FRACTURE TO RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FELL BACK ON TRASH CAN, RIB PAIN DX; FX R 11/12 RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 78 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 |
| RT RIB CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TAKING GARBAGE CANS OUT TO CURB STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN DX CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 65 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 |
| FELL INSIDE TRASH CAN DX: FX RIB & WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 52 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: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STS STRUCK LOWER STERNUM AGAINST TRASH CAN 3 WEEKS AGO ,C/O CHEST PAIN, DX CHEST WALL PAIN, GERD |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/25/2008 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL AND HIT GARBAGE CAN AND INJURED RIBS. DX: LEFT RIB PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 64 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF NON RAIDATING MIDSTERNAL CHEST PAIN WHIEN BENT OVER TO PICK UP A GARBAGE CAN>> CHEST PAIN/MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CHEST CONTUSION WITH RIB FRACTURE - PER NURSE, PATIENT STATES SHE FELL AGAINST WOODEN TRASH CONTAINER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| LIFTED A HEAVY GARBAGE CAN LID 2 DAYS AGO HAS UPPER BACK AND SHOULDER PAIN DX- THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 WITH CONTUSION TO CHEST, FROM STRIKING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 67 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: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX CHEST PAIN, NEW LBBB: STARTED AFTE LIFTING SOME OF HIS GARBAGE CANS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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