Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,856
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Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT STATES SHE PUT HAND IN TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER ON CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN , LAC RT MIDLLE FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
48 Y/O W/F SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER INCISED WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT EMPTYING TRASH TO TRASH BIN WHEN HIT FINGER ON RIM OF TRASH CAN. D: CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 GARBAGE CANS DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING GARBAGE INTO CAN & LAC OCCURED TO TOP OF RT HAND 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT FINGER BETWEEN DUMPSTER DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
PT PUTTING A GARBAGE BAG IN THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN THERE WAS A PI ECE OF GLASS IN THE TRASH SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES STUCK RT FINGER IN TRASH CAN 2 WEEKS AGO AND WAS STUCK WITH SOMETHING. DX: RT INDEX FINGER CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT CUT FINGER WHEN PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN CAN AND CUT FINGER ON CAN LID AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Other glass bottles or jars
37 YOM WAS EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN AND CUT RT. INDEX FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS (BROKEN GLASS BOTTLE). LACERATION, RT. INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION OF INDEX FINGER DUE TO A GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX FINGER LACERATION/DISTAL PHALANX FX/NAIL AVULSION - CRUSHED IN LARGE GARBAGE DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O SMALL LACERATION TO LT MIDDLE FINGER BY A GARBAGE CAN COVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O WAS EMPTYING A GARBAGE CAN AND CUT HIS FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING TRASH INTO GARBAGE CAN, LAC RT RING FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLA SS, LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STRAINED FINGER WHEN CAUGHT ON WASTE CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
#26YOM MOVING GARBAGE CAN AND FELL ON SIDEWALK SCRAPPING HAND DX-CONTUSION RT INDEX, MIDDLE, & RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLAMMED GARBAGE CAN LID ONTO FINGER. DX: R LITTLE FINGER FX/HEMATOMA, NAIL AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON A TRASH CAN AT 11PM. DX. FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT 3RD FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES WAS REACHING INTO A GARBAGE CAN AND CUT HER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER THROWING TRASH IN A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PRESSED DOWN ON GARBAGE IN CAN AT HOME, A CLEAN LID FROM INFANT FORMULA CUT HER FINGERS. DX LACERATIONS RIGHT 3RD, 4TH, 5TH FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS REACHING INTO THE BOTTOM OF TRASH CAN, CUT HIS FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO FINGER FROM A PIECE OF GLASS IN A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN TRASH CAN C/O PAIN DX; CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WHILE PUSHING BIN, CUT FINGER DX: LACERATION RT. MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HAD DUMPSTER COVER FALL ON FINGER, ACUTE HEMATOMA L 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
49-YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HER FINGER AS A RESULT OF CUTTING IT ON A METAL TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON DUMPSTER; LT MID FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LACERATION- PT. ACCIDENTLY INJURED HIMSELF ON A GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
"DISLOCATED" KNUCKLE L LONG FINGER- H APPENED WHILE THROWING AWAY TRASH HIT FINGER AGAINST DUMPSTER. DX; LT 3RD DIGIT CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUSHED HAND INTO TRASH CAN AND CUT FINGER. DX: R FIFTH FINGER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC (R) THUMB, PT SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING GARBAGE OUT OF CAN TO PUT IN DUMPSTER WHEN INJURY OCCURRED DX: ACUTE LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CAUGHT HAND IN DUMPSTER LID - CRUSH INJURY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT 5TH DIGIT LAC. PT CUT FINGER ON A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT L MIDDLE FINGER ON A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. 1.5CM LAC TO L MID FINGER $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT HAND LAC, PT CUT HERSELF WHEN PUTTING TRASH DOWN INTO A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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