Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2005 - Upper Trunk

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,266
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	45
16-25 years old:	136
26-50 years old:	1,245
50+ years old:	838

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS HIT BY ROLLING DUMPSTER AND HAS BACK PX. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/30/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BUMPED CHEST ON DUMPSTER DX CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OVER RECYCLING BIN YESTERDAY. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING GARBAGE CAN DX: DORSAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
49 YO MALE CARRIED HEAVY TRASH CAN CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING GARBAGE CANS THURSDAY. MUSCULO-SKELETAL CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING DUMPSTER, IT ROLLED BACK AGAINST HIM, METAL HIT L ARMPIT, RIB AREA, C/O PAIN, DX; RIB AND CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL INTO METAL DUMPSTER DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AND HIT TRASH CAN, PAIN R RIBS DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
THOR CONT. PT FELLWHEN PUTTING GARBAGE INTO TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS REACHING INTO A HIGH HARD PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN TO RETRIEVE SOMETH ING WHEN SHE FELL STRIKING CHEST ON THE SIDE OF THE CAN CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2005	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEANGINT ON DUMPSTER, SLIPPED&FELL HITTING CW ON DUMPSTER. " CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON METAL GARBAGE CAN DX: RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL ON TRASH CAN DX CONTUSION UPPER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PUTTING GARBAGE IN THE DUMPSTER AND FELL STRIKING CHEST SUSTAINE D A LACERATION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUSHED HEAVY GARBAGE CAN WEIGHING 600#, DEVELOPED UPPER BACK PAIN, - STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST PAIN-C/O CHEST PAIN SINCE YESTERDAY AFTER HE CARRIED HEAVY TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL INTO GARBAGE CAN. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN AFTER LIFTING LARGE GARBAGE CAN 3 DAYS AGO. THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 39 YOM WAS SLEEPING IN A DUMPSTER WHEN THE TRASH TRUCK LIFTED UP DUMPSTER EMPTYING PT ALONG WITH TRASH INTO TRUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUST CONTUSION TO BACK FELL INTO GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
REACHING INTO A DUMPSTER TO RETRIEVE A BOOK AND DEVELOPED RIB PAIN CHES T WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN TO CHEST WHILE TRYING TO MOVE TRASH CAN DX: CHEST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER WASTE BASKET AT NH DX. CHEST CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT BY SHARP OBJECT IN DUMPSTER. DX: PW R NIPPLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ONTO CHEST CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT SLIPPED ONTO THE TRASH CAN SUSTAINING A RIGHT CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FRACTURE RIBS - 49 YOM SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE THROWING TRASH INTO A DUM PSTER INJURING RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER TRASH BIN FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL AND HIT RIBCAGE ON TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
27 YO MALE LIFTED TRASH CAN UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN TO CHEST FELL FROM GARBAGE CAN DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL 8-10 FT INTO DUMPSTER AT DUMP. DX: POSS THORACIC COMPRESSION FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN TO RIBS AFTER FALLING AND HITTING DUMPSTER DX: CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL HIT TRASH CAN LEFT RIB INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTED TRASH CAN AND HAS BACK PX. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/17/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O POSS BROKEN RIBS. PT HURT RIBS LEANING OVER DUMPSTER. DX CONT TO CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 55 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
NOT WORK RELATED FELL AGAINST DUMSTER INJURING RIB AREA...CONTUSION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF RIGHT SIDED RIB PAIN - REPORTS H E RAN INTO END OF DUMPSTER - PAIN WORSENING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
33 YO FELL OFF TRASH CAN HIT CHEST CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEANING OVER RECYCLING CAN DUMPSTER CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LEFT RIB CONTUSION: FELL AGAINST SIDE OF GARBAGE CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
UPPER BACK PAIN. PT INJURED HIS BACK MOVING TRASH CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF LARGE DUMPSTER TO CRUSH MATERIAL WHEN PT FELL I NTO DUBMPSTER ~6 FEET. D: RIB CONTUSION, NON-SUTURABLE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
R RIB CONTUSION; WALKING AROUND A DUMPSTER, HIT METAL ARM OF DUMPSTER BOTTOM R RIB CAGE (LOCATION NOT STATED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
15 YO MALE TOOK TRASH CAN OUTSIDE AND HEART IS POUNDING TACHYCARDIA - CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS CARRYING OUT A TRASH CAN AND INJURED CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT FELL OFF TRASH CAN TRYING TO GET INTO WINDOW. DX: BACK CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Wheelchairs
FELL BACKWARDS ONTO PLASTIC TRASH CAN WHEN GOING TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR DX; 7TH AND 8TH RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT RT. RIBS ON TRASH CAN DX: CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/31/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIB CAGE CONTUSION: FELL INTO TRASH DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. UPPER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT RIB CAGE CONTUSIONS-STRUCK RIB CAGE WHILE TRYING TO GET IN A DUMPSTE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS AMBULATING TO BATHROOM; LOST HER BALANCE; FELL HITTING POS TERIOR CHEST ON METAL WASTE BASKET AND THEN TO FLOOR. LT. RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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