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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 960
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT LOWER LEG STRAIN.PT LIFTED A DUMPSTER LID AND LIFTING UP ON LOWER LE G AND THEN HAD PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND FELL; CUT LEG ON UNKNOWN OBJECT. D: L ACERATION LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND CUT LEG ON SOMETHING SHARP. D: LACERA TION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PLAYING AROUND, FELL OVER TRASH CAN INJURING LEG DX:TIB/FIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT LACERATED HER LOWER LEG ON A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2006 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SCRAPPED LEG AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN, NOW HAS LAC. DX: LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RUNNING AND CUT CALF ON PIECE OF GLASS STICKING OUT OF TRASH. DX LACER ATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2006 | Age: 13 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 Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG BY FALLING INTO A GARBAGE CAN AT FARM FEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL HIT LEG ON A TRASH CAN LEG PAIN SWELLING REDNESS CELLULITIS RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/14/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds or bedframes |
| PT LAC RT LOW LEG ON METAL TRASH CAN WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT JUMPED OFF APT WALL AND RAN INTO A GARBAGE CAN DX: L LOWER LEG ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RUNNING WITH BROTHER AND LEG CAUGHT ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN AND LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 11 YR OLD MALE CUT HIS LEG ON A METAL DUMPSTER;LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2006 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CUT LEFT LOWER LEG AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO L EG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAD SEIZURE HITTING L LOWER LEG ON GARBAGE CAN DX: SEIZURE, L SHIN CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL AGAINST GARBAGE CAN ON STREET CONTUSION RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUSHING TRASH IN TRASH CAN; RAN STICK IN LEFT SHIN. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEF T SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Motorized vehicles |
| STRUCK SHIN ON A TRASH CAN RIDING ON HER RIDING POWER CHAIR. " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS CARRYING A GARBAGE CONTAINER WITH BROKEN GLASS IN IT AND THE GLA SS LAC PTS LOWER LEG. DX LOWER LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG: TAKING OUT GARBAGE, CUT LEG ON CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT LEG ON GLASS STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE CAN " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC R LWER LEG, PT SUST INJURY W/SOMETHING FROM THE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, LIMPING, PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT LOWER EXT LAC, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH AND CUT LEG ON CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LOWER LEG LAC-CUT ON EDGE OF GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC LEG ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN TAKING OUT TRASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL OFF SIDE OF DUMPSTER DX: LAC RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT ON SHARP EDGE OF CAN LID IN GARBAGE CAN LACERATION RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC TO LEG FROM SIDE OF METAL TRASH CAN LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT CALF LAC, PT WAS TAKING TRASH BAG OUT OF CAN AND A PIECE OF GLASS POKED OUT AND CUT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE: FELL TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT TO CURB AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HIT LEG ON DUMPSTER, DX LEG INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO CALF FROM GLASS COMING FROM GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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