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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 300
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT WRIST WHILE COMPRESSING TRASH INTO A CAN AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| R WRIST INJ/41YOF AT HM WAS TAKING GARBAGE CAN TO CURB, LOST CONTROL OF CAN AND IT HIT R WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Poles |
| C/O PAIN TO ARM, LEFT WRIST, TOE PAIN AFTER PUNCHING GARBAGE CAN AND KICKING A POLE. DX-SPRAIN WRIST, TOE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Plastic bags |
| PT PULLING A TIGHTLY IMPACTED PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG FROM A GRBAGE CAN AND STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT WRIST WHILE THROWING THINGS IN DUMPSTER. DX: L WRIST/SMALL FINGER LAC 7 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Computers |
| PT TAKING COMPUTER TO DUMPSTER AND LAC LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 44YO WHITE MALE CLOSED TRASH CAN LID ON R WRIST THIS AM,C/O SWELLING & PAIN, DX DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE - CLOSED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUST WRIST SPRAIN LIFTING HEAVY GARBAGE PAIL# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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