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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,324
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	87
Year 1998:	123
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	102
Year 2002:	16
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	16
Year 2005:	129
Year 2006:	15
Year 2007:	300
Year 2008:	119
Year 2009:	135
Year 2010:	226

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/01/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
81 YOM FELL WHILE MOVING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED RIGHT LEG FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
58 YOM MISSED A STEP & FELL HITTING EMPTY GARBAGE CAN. DX: L FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/05/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
64 Y/O/M HIT IN LEG WHILE LIFTING A HEAVY GARBAGE CAN AT FRINEDS HOUSE DX/ LT THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
87 YR OLD MALE TAKING OUT TRASH CONTAINER INTO SHED AND FELL ONTO LEG A ND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
71 YOM FELL PUSHING HEAVY GARBAGE CAN. DX: L THIGH STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
70 YOF FELL OVER TRASH CAN DX: SCALP LAC, FX R FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
54 Y/O F FELL ONTO GARBAGE CAN CUTTING HER THIGH ON TRASH. DX LAC RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FEMUR FX. PT JUMPED OFF A DUMPSTER INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/23/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL, LANDED ON TRASH CAN, INJURED THIGH DX: THIGH ABRASION, THIGH HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Footwear
PT FELL TODAY, SMALL LAC TO R THIGH, CUT LEG ON AN ALUMINUM TRASH CAN W HEN HER SLIPPER CAUGHT ON KITCHEN FLOOR. DX. LAC R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN. DX: R THIGH CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT THIGH ON METAL GARBAGE CAN LID AT HOME, LACERATION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
87YOF WAS TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE,WALKED AROUND GARBAGE CAN ,SUSTAINED LACERATION TO UPPER LEG;LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STS TRASH CAN FULL OF BRICKS FELL ONTO O LEG,PT PINNED DOWN FOR 15 MINS,C/O PAIN-SWELLING TO L THIGH,DX L THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THIGH CTS-FELL ON ICE-HIT LEG ON GARBAGE DUMPSTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Motor vehicles or parts
PT CROSSING THE STREET HIT BY A VAN THROWN INTO A GARBAGE CAN SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STRAIN RT THIGH-SUS INJ WHILE TRYNG TO PULL A HEAVY OBJECT FROM A TRASH CAN. FELT PAIN IN RT THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE PAIL. DX-FRACTURE R FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/25/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT TRASH AND FELL ON ICE AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT BRINGING IN GARBAGE CAN OVER CURB AND FELL. DX. CONT R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT UPPER LEG LACERATION.PT LACERATED UPPER LEG ON A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED & FELL AGAINST TRASH BIN FEMUR FX MECHANICAL FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED LAST NIGHT, HIT LEG ON TRASH CAN, FELL ON BUTTOCKS/KNEES DX: R THIGH CONTU/HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
78 YO FEMALE GOT FOOT ENTANGLED IN TRASH CAN AND FELL TO FILE FLOOR STRAIN RIGHT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YO FEMALE OVER TRASH CAN FRACTURE FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INJURED CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. UPPER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEMATOMA LEFT THIGH, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL TO CONCRETE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2001	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2001	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/10/2001	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/14/1999	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/1998	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/1998	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/1998	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/1997	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/1997	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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