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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 179
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BANGED FOREARM AGAINST A TRASH CAN THAT WAS FALLING. DX. FOREARM CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT A GARBAGE CAN GOING ABOUT 50MPH, CAR DOOR SNAPPED BACK AND HIT ARM/ FX RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT REACHING INTO HIS GARBAGE CAN AT HOME THERE WAS A PIECE OF WOOD STIC KING UP OUT OF THE CAN GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LEFT LOWER ARM LACERATION: CUT ARM ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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