Accidents - Trash compactors - Year 2002 - Hand

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 137
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/10/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Trash compactors, Bags
LAC (L) HAND, PT PUSHING A GARBAGE BAG INTO THE COMPACTOR & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN, BLEEDING, NO PULSE DEFICIT, ROM NORMAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Trash compactors
PT STATES ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT HAND IN A DOOR OF A TRASH CONPACTER AT A LOCAL STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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