Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,056
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Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 78 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls
78YOM FELL WHILE KNEELING TRYING TO FIX WHEEL ON TRASH CAN 2 DAYS AGO, RT ORBIT HIT SIDE OF WALL. DX - HEAD INJURY, RT ORBIT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
68YOM WAS WASHING OUT GARBAGE CAN AT HOME AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON THE D RIVEWAY SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP AND CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 69 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
SCALP AB-69YOF-FELL-HIT EDGE OF GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 80 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
HEAD LAC, PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN HITTING HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
73YOM AT THE MALL HAD A SYNCOPAL EVENT AND FELL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A G ARBAGE CAN CLOSED HEAD INJURY/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 68 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, Stairs or steps
68YO F, LOST BALANCE WHILE CARRYING LAUNDRY, HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER AFTER FALLING OF STEPS DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
70 YOM CLOSED HEAD INJURY W/ SCALP LAC 2 CM 7 SUTURES, TAKING OUT THE T RASH THIS AM AND FELL INJURING HEAD, UNK LOC PT DOES NOT RECALL EVENTS,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2009	Age: 72 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
SCALP LAC.PT HAD TRASH CAN LIP HIT HEAD,LACERATING SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	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
FELL MOVING GARBAGE CAN ON WHEELS/ CHI, MANDIBLE CONTUSION, COCCYX CONT USION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	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
FELL THIS MORNING TAKING GARBAGE CANS OUT TO CURB AT HOME CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 62 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
LAC HEAD ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2009	Age: 84 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
84 YOF, HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN , HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 85 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
FELL IN BATHROOM, HIT HEAD ON TRASHCAN DX: BHT, SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 81 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
81 YO F LACERATION TO SCALP/ HEMATOMA TO CHEEK FELL AT HOME HIT METAL T RASH CAN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 51 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
HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTERS. HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 67 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 FELL OVER A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 90 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, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER WASTE BASKET, HEAD HIT FLOOR DX: BHT, KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	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 HAD TWO DRINKS OF ALCOHOL AND FELL WHILE TAKING OUT HIS GARBAGE CAN SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
74YO BLACK FEMALE STS RECYCLE BIN LID FELL HIT PT ON HEAD, DX SCALP CONTUSION - DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 51 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
PT FELL FROM STANDING HITTING HEAD ON DUMPSTER. DX: HEAD LAC 2 CM, AMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 56 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
SCALP INJURY FROM TRIPPING AND HITTING GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. DX-SCALP LACERATION 6 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2009	Age: 51 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
51YO WHITE MALE WALKING-TRIPPED OVER OWN LEG-FELL HIT HEAD AGAINST DUMPSTER+LOC, DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	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
DX LAC FOREHEAD/CONCUSSION W LOC: PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN FELL DOWN & STRUCK HER IN HEAD, W +LOC & A SM 2CM HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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 CONTUSION.PT HIT HEAD ON A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		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 GARABAGE CONTAINER AND FELL HITTING HEAD ...CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX SCALP LAC/CHI/ANEMIA/SUPRATHERAPEUTIC INR: STEP 3 TRAUMA. W PUSH'G A TRASH CAN & FELL OVER STRIK'G HIS HEAD. HEIBHORS CALL EMS/911
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ON GARBAGE CAN HIT FLOOR AND CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Wheelchairs
PT SITTING ON A WASTEPAPER BASKET THHAT WAS UPSIDE DOWN LEANING OVER PU TTING LEG ON WHEELCHAIR AND FELL OVER STRUCK HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 53 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
CHI-SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-FELL INTO A DUMPSTER HEAD 1ST-+LOC-GCS 14
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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
TRYING TO PULL GARBAGE CAN FROM STREET WHEN TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARD S TRIKING HEAD ON DRIVEWAY DX 1 CM SCALP LAC CLOSED HEAD INJ FB SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56YO WHITE MALE EATING ***-CHOKED,STUMBLED OVER TRASHCAN,HAD+LOC FELL H EMATOMA-ABRA BACK OF HEAD,NECK PX,DX SYNCOPE,HEMATOMA-OCCIPI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 83 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
HIT HEAD WITH TRASH LID, HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2009	Age: 88 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
FELL AT HOME AGAINST TRASH CAN & OBTAINED HEMATOMA TO HEAD DX HEAD INJURY, SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE *****************
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/18/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PULLING TRASH CAN IN GARAGE, TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK FACE DX: CHI, FOREHEAD HEMATOMA, POSTCONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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
SLIPPED FALLING CARRYING SOMETHING STEPPED ON A GARBAGE CAN CLOSED HEAD INJURY LACERATION SCALP CONTUSION LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	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 FELL IN TO TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	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
WORKING IN YARD FELL CUT CHEEK ON TRASH CAN CLOAED HEAD INJURY FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 84 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 REPORTS THAT SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A RECYCLE BIN W/HER FEET. L OST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS. DX. CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABRA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	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 TRYING TO BRING HIS GARBAGE CAN IN FROM THE DRIVEWAY STRUCK HEAD SUS TAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	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
FELL TAKING GARBAGE CAN TO ROAD/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 84 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
PT TAKING HIS RECYCLING TO THE DUMPSTER AND FELL AGAINST THE DUMPSTER L ACERATION SCALP BUT ADMITTED FOR GAIR PROBLEMS AND FALLS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 70 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, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT HAD AN UNWITNESSED FALL, WAS MOVING GARBAGE CANS, FELL TO THE FLOOR. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/17/2009	Age: 67 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 CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	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 GETTING HIS RECYCLING BIN WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE D RIVEWAY CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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