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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Ear

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 796
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1998:66
Year 1999:134
Year 2001:66
Year 2003:68
Year 2004:16
Year 2005:67
Year 2006:133
Year 2007:15
Year 2009:226

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/10/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL LAST NIGHT ONTO TRASH CAN LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2009Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED OVER A GARBAGE CAN STRUCK LEFT EAR LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS BURNING TRASH AT HOME AND SOMETHING IN TRASH CAN BLEW UP, C/O BURN TO THE LEFT EAR. NO FIRE DEPT ATTEN DX: SECONDARY BURN TO LT EAR*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2007Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
EAR LACERATION.PT WAS MOVING A TRASH CAN AND LACERATED EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON TRASH BIN/EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT TURNED TO AVOID A GARBAGE CAN AND FELL INJURING HER RIGHT ELBOW RT SHOULDER, FOOT AND RIGHT EAR. DX-RT EAR LACERATION, MULT. CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2006Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
77YOMFELL IN DRIVEWAY HIT GARBAGE CAN LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2006Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELT DIZZY WHEN WALKING TO MOVIE THEATRE, GRABBED TRASH CAN FOR BALANCE, LID FLIPPED UP HITTING HIS FACE. DX - EAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVING GARBAGE CANS AND GARBAGE FROM FRONT OF HOUSE -FELL LACERATION LEFT EAR 6 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON GARBAGE CAN DX. EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic products
PT RECEIVED CUT TO EAR WHEN PICKED UP GARBAGE CAN AND A PEICE OF HARD PLASTIC CUT HER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2001Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/1999Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/1999Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/1998Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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