Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 26-50 years old - Year 2009 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,336
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Date: 12/31/2009	Age: 49 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
49YOF WRIST INJURY WHILE LIFTING A TRASH CAN DX: THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 39 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 WAS CUT ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: L THUMB LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 44 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
LEFT 4TH FINGER FX. PT TRIPPED OVER CEMENT BLOCK AND HIT HAND ON A DUMP STER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 35 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
PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN CAN AND LAC THUMB ON A SHARP PIECE OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 30 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 GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN/ RT 4TH DIGIT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2009	Age: 28 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 OBJECT IN TRASH CAN LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	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
RT MIDDLE FINGER LAC.PT HAD A DUMPSTER LID LACERATE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2009	Age: 48 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
48YFC LIFTING GARBAGE CAN AT HANDLE AND THUMB BENT SIDEWAYS SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 26 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, Bottles or jars
FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTNG ON BROKEN GLASS BOTTLE IN TRASH CAN DX-LACERATION TO RIGHT 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 26 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
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN SHUT IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 44 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 CLEANING OUT A GARBAGE CAN AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 42 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 SUS LAC TO FINGER AFTER CUTTING IT ON SHARP OBJECT IN TRASH CAN%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 31 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 CUT (L) KNUCKLES WHILE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF TRASH DX;# LAC (L) MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	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 DX RT THUMB LACERATION - S/P PT CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 27 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 THUMB ON SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN. DX: L THUMB LAC 2.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
GOT FINGER SMASHED WITH GARBAGE CAN FRACTURE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Farm/ranch		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER INJURY FROM HITTING ON TRASH CAN. DX-SPRAIN, CONTUSION, RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
FINGER INJURY FROM SLAMMING ON TRASH CAN LID. DX-RIGHT 5TH DISTAL PHALYNX FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 33 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 SMASHED THUMB ON DUMPSTER. DX: L THUMB CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2009	Age: 33 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 LAC-CUT ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN WHILE PUSHING THE TRASH DOWN-@ H OME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES HE WAS DIGGIG IN DUMPSTER WHEN HE WAS STUCK BY A NEEDLE NO EV IDENCE OF PUNCTURE WOUND DX CELLULITIS RT MIDDLE FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	Age: 42 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CLEANING A CLINIC AFTER HOURS, THERE WAS A CONTAMINATED NEEDLE IN TRASH, IT SCRATCHED LT INDEX FINGER. DX-ABRASION TO FINGER-NEEDLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2009	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
35YO AMERICAN INDIAN MALE STS THROWNING TRASH AWAY CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN, DX LACERATION R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 HAD LID ON DUMPSTER FALL ON HER FINGER AT HOME DX/ LEFT SMALL FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 31 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
DX R HAND MIDDLE FINGER LAC: PUSH'G TRASH INTO THE TRASH CAN & CUT ON UNK OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED FINGER LACERATION WHILE THROWING AWAY GARBAGE IN THE TRASH CAN.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 38 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 LAC-CUT WHILE PUSHING DOWN THE TRASH IN GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRYING TO OPEN A TRASH CAN (DUMPSTER)BIT BY A RAT ANIMAL BITE LEFT FOURTH (4TH) FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2009	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 CLEANING OUT A PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN AT HOME AND SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2009	Age: 29 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 HIT FINGER ON EDGE OF DUMPSTER. DX: L 2ND FINGER LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 FELL ON RT HAND YESTERDAY DX: RT 3RD FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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