Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2006 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 724
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	174
16-25 years old:	179
26-50 years old:	92
50+ years old:	271

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CLIMBING TRASH BIN AND STEEL ROD CAUGHT HIS LEG CAUSING FALL AND FX FOR EARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED OVER WASTE PAPER BASKET AND LANDED ON ARM. D: FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
25 YOF REACHED INTO TRASH CAN AT HOME AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT POSSIBLY A CAN. GIVEN TETANUS SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO ARM FROM METAL TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT HAD SAME HEIGHT FALL, PULLING UP GARBAGE CAN, FELL, C/O WRIST AND THUMB PAIN. DX-FRACTURE RADIUS, ULNA, THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CAUGHT ARM ON SIDE OF DUMPSTER LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Golf
REACHING FOR SOEMTHING IN GARABAGE CAN CUT F.ARM ON A BROKEN GOLF CLUB/ STICK " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
WHILE PATIENT WAS PUTTING THE TRASH CAN OUTSIDE, A PICTURE FRAME BRUSHED AGAINST HER LT FOREARM LACERATING IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSED FOREARM,CAUGHT ARM IN FLIP TOP GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: R FOREARM SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT FOREARM LAC, PT CUT ARM WHEN PUTTING OBJECT IN TRASH CAN ON A PIE CE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O FALL. PT TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN. DX FRACT. LFT RADIUS ULNA SHAFT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN & WAS CUT. DX: L FOREARM LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AND CUT FOREARM ON METAL IN DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT JUMPED OFF GARBAGE CAN AND LANDED ON ARM FX RT RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRYING TO KICK A DENT OUT OF GARBAGE CAN AND FELL FRACTURE RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL INTO PLASTIC TRASH CAN LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL 7 FEET FROM DUMPSTER DX: ARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT AND LAC LOWER ARM. DX LOWER ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O PAIN TO ARM/SHOULDER/HAND - DUE TO LIFTING HEAVY GARBAGE CANS X3 WEEKS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL ON TO A T RASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM BY FALLING INTO A GARBAGE CAN AN D CUT ARM ON A BROKEN GLASS BOTTLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Alcohol
HOMELESS PT, DRINKING ETOH BEHIND DUMPSTER, WHEN DUMPSTER LID FELL ON W RIST. ALSO USED COCAINE LAST NIGHT. D: ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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