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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 335
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| INJURED CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. UPPER ARM STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT STATES SHE STRUCK ARM WITH DUMPSTER LID AT A MUNCIPAL DUMP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN, FELL AND INJURED HUMERUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2003 | 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: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 42 YO F FELL OUTSIDE SAMEDAY SURGERY CENTER, CUT ARM ON TRASH CAN. DX L ARM CONTUSION, SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN - FRACTURE HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| L PROX HUMERUS FX/79YOF FELL AT HOME WHILE PUSHING TRASH INTO CAN AND H URT R SHOULDER/ARM. WAS IN THE KITCHEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2003 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT UPPER ARM STRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND INJURED UPPER ARM . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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