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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 474
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PULLING ON LATTICE AT WASTE TRANSFER STATION, IT GAVE WAY AND SHE FELL BACKWARDS HEAD FIRST 10' INTO NEARLY EMPTY LARGE DUPMSTER. STRAIN NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED CERVICAL STRAIN AFTER LIFTING GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SOFT TISSUE INJURY NECK - FELL,STRUCK WASTE PAPER CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds |
| FELL OUT OF BED, HIT FOREHEAD ON TRASH CAN, C/O NECK PAIN. DX: NECK MUSCLE STRAIN/CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT HURT WHEN LIFTING GRABAGE CANS. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN DX. C-SPINE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL INTO DUMPSTER. DX: R SHOULDER CONT, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PASSENGER ON SCHOOL BUS WHICH SLID INTO DUMPSTER, NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL OUT OF DUMPSTER. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2002 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT IN HEAD BY DUMPSTER LID AT JAIL (INCARCERATED). HIV+, ACUTE CERVIC AL STRAIN, FACE AND FOREHEAD CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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