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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 101
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE CONTUSION.PT WAS TAKING A TRASH CAN OUT ABD FELL AND INJURED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE STRAIN.PT TOOK OUT TRASH CAN AND TWISTED KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL OUT OF DUMPSTER. DX: L PATELLAR FX, R ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE SPR. PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN INJURING KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT KNEE INJ. PT'S KNEE POPPED WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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