Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 26-50 years old - Year 2006 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,589
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Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 37 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
37 YOF, LAC TO L THUMB ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	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
RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LAC, PT CUT HERSELF ON BROKEN GLASS IN BAG WHEN SHO VING IT DOWN INTO TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		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 DUMPSTER DIVING A WEEK AGO, SUFFERED A SCRATCH TO RIGHT PINKY DX LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 29 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 CUT FINGER ON A SHARP OBJECT IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: 5MM LAC R RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT 4TH FINGER CONTUSION.PT SMASHED FINGER IN A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	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 LAC RT 5TH DIGIT ON OBJECT WHILE PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 39 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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN TRASH CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 35 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
RIGHT THUMB LAC, PT CUT THUMB PUTTING TRASH IN CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	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
RT THUMB LACERATION.PT WAS GOING THROUGH TRASH CANS AND CUT THUMB ON GL ASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	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: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO FINGER FROM METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 40 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 LAC RT 4TH DIGIT ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 34 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
LIFTED UP TRASH BAG AND LAC FINGER TENDON DEEPLY ON A BROKEN GLASS IN I T
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	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
43 YO CUT FINGER ON TRASH CONTAINER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 37 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 PICKED UP CERAMIC WASTE PAIL IN BATHROOM AND CUT THUMB DX// LAC RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2006	Age: 27 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
LAC FINGER ON SOME GLASS STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT GOT RT MIDDLE FINGER CAIGHT BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND GARBAGE CAN DX: PARTIAL AMPUTATION RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	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 CLOSED A DUMPSTER LID ONTO LEFT FOURTH AND FIFTH FINGERS FRACTURED F INGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	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
DX LEFT THUMB LACERATION: CUT ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	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 THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER, DOOR CLOSED ONTO LT 2ND, 3RD AND 4TH F INGERS, FX FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	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
FX FINGER TAKING OUT TRASH CONTAINER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 26 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
FINGER LACS-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 INJURED FINGER LIFTING A HEAVY TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2006	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	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
FINGRER CAUGHT IN A DUMPSTER DOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 47 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
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION 5TH DIGIT OF RT HAND DUE TO TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GARBAGE CAN LID FELL ONTO PT'S FINGERS. DX: L FOURTH/FIFTH DIGIT FX/LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 34 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
PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON DUMPSTER (NOT WORK RELATED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER DIS. PT INJURED FINGER MOVING TRASH CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 32 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: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUNCTURED R THUMB 3 DAYS AGO ON A PIECE OF GLASS IN A DUMPSTER DX: FELON R FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	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
LAC FINGER ON TRASH CAN EMPTYING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	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
PT WENT TO GARAGE IN THE DARK AND BUMPED HER THUMB AGAINST A GARBAGE CA N. PT CONTINUES TO HAVE PAIN. DX: CONTUSION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX AVULSION RT INDEX FINGER - FINGER GOT CRUSHED BETWEEN DUMPSTER COVER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
35 YO MALE CUT RIGHT THUMB ON TRASH CONTAINER LACERATION RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	Age: 27 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
CUT TO FINGER ON A TRASH CAN DX: LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2006	Age: 48 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 TRIPPED IN DRIVEWAY AND LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON TRASH CAN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCRAPED THUMB WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE PAIL. DX- R THUMB SKIN AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 29 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 CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING IN DUMPSTER. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 41 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
LAC TO FINGER FROM TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2006	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
DUMPSTER LID CAME DOWN ON FINGER FX IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT REACHED INTO A GARBAGE CAN & CUT HERSELF ON A PIECE OF CAN. DX - RT 4TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 41 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
CUT FINGER WHILE PUSHING TRASH INTO CAN DX: R 5TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
47 YO MALE HAD METAL TRASH CAN FALL ON FINGER LACERATION RIGHT 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 29 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
RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN PUSHING TRASH INTO GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 38 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
PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH. D LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 IN A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	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 THROWING TRASH IN A DUMPSTER WHEN THE LID CAME DOWN ONTO LEFT FOFTH FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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