Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 16-25 years old - Year 2008 - Hand

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Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
AT HOME- PT WAS PUSHING DOWN INTHE TRASH CAN, & CUT LT PALM ON FOOD CAN LID. DX; LT PALM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT HAND ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. DX: LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
L HAND PAIN AFTER HITTING DUMPSTER TODAY DX; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCHING A DUMPSTER AFTER AN ARGUMENT W/ A CO-WORKER AT WORK FRACTURE RIGHT HAND (INFO LISTED PT UNEMPLOYED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass alcoholic beverage bottles
PT WAS OUTSIDE URINATING AT BAR, LEANING ON A TRASH CAN & HAND SLIPPED INTO TRASH CAN & CUT HAND ON ALCOHOL GLASS BOTTLE. ETOH. DX. DEEP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCHED TRASH CAN. DX: R FOURTH METACARPAL FX, DISLOCATION BASE OF FIFTH METACARPAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
17 Y/O M INJURED R HAND WHEN PUNCHED TRASH CAN. DX; R HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
21 YO F LACERATION TO HAND CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCHED A DUMPSTER TODAY AND INJURED HAND DX/ DISLOCATION RIGHT 5TH MC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT WRIST INJURY FROM HITTING HAND ON TRASH CAN. DX-ACUTE HAND CONTUSION, WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHED TRASH INTO TRASH CONTAINER AND LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HAND STUCK IN GARBAGE CAN. DX- FRACTURE METACARPAL, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A HAND BY STRIKING A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT HAND CONT. PT PT INJURED HAND WHEN MOVING TRASH CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT HAND FX.PT PUNCHED A METAL TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING SOMETHING IN THE GARBAGE CAN WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING SHARP IN THE CAN SUSTAINED A HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT HAND WHILE REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN. DX. HAND LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX HAND WHEN HE PUNCHED A TRASH CAN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
PT SLAMMED HAND INTO A DUMPSTER WHILE THROWING OUT TRASH BAG DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUNCHED A TRASH CAN W/ FIST CONTUSION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT HAND ON DUMPSTER LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
18 YO M CONTUSION TO HAND DROPPED DUMPSTER LID ON HAND FEW DAYS AGO*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT A GARBAGE DUMPSTER 1.5 WK AGO. DX: R HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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