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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,760
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2006 | Age: 46 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 |
| TRIP & FALL OVER PLASTIC BIN LEG / RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 49 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 |
| FELL THURSDAY WHEN KNEE GAVE WAY,HIT CHEST ON TRASH CAN CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2006 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LEFT RIB STR. PT STRAINED RIBS WHEN LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2006 | Age: 33 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, Poles |
| PT WAS AT FRIENDS HOUSE AND WAS MOVING TRASH CAN WITH A POLE , POLE PRESSED UP AGAINST CHEST & PT FELT A POP, DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2006 | Age: 46 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 |
| CONTUSION CHEST WALL - 46 YOF FELL WHILE BRINGING RECYCLING BIN TO GARA GE, HIT CHEST ON DRIVEWAY SUSTAINING A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT STATES WHEN HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP TRASH CAN INJURED UPPER BACK DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2006 | Age: 56 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIB FX. PT FELL INTO A DUMPSTER INJURING CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2006 | Age: 72 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 STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN FALLING OVER A METAL GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 48 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN - 48 YOM C/O UPPER RIGHT SIDE PAIN RIB AREA TWO DAYS AF TER TWISTING MOVEMENT WHILE LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2006 | Age: 59 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 REACHING INTO TALL GARBAGE CAN, FELT PULL IN RT RIB AREA, CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2006 | Age: 90 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FRACTURE RIB - PATIENT FELL AGAINST A WASTE BASKET AT HOME YESTERDAY - HAS BRUISING AND PAIN OF THE RIGHT CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2006 | Age: 50 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 |
| PATIENT GOT A CONTUSION ON HER UPPER TRUNK AFTER FALLING OVER A TRASH C AN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2006 | Age: 18 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN.PT LIFTED A HEAVY TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PASSED OUT FELL HITTING GARBAGE CAN DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2006 | Age: 28 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 LEANED INTO DUMPSTER. DX: CHEST CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS JUMPING OUT OF DUMPSTER, CAUGHT FOOT AND FELL. DX: BILAT LOWER EXTREM NUMBNESS, SPINAL CORD CONT. |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 08/03/2006 | Age: 50 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 |
| PT C/O HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, ALSO STATES HAD CHEST PAIN WHILE TAKING TRA SH CAN OUTSIDE DX: CHEST PAIN, HX OF HYPERTENSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2006 | Age: 94 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT WAS REACHING FOR OBJECT THAT HAD FALLEN TO FLOOR USING WASTE BASKET AS LEVERAGE, BASKET SLIPPED & HE FELL TO FLOOR. DX-RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2006 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN - 33 YOF C/O UPPER BACK PAIN SINCE LIFTING HEAVY TRASH CAN FULL OF WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 ON TRASH CAN AND HIT RIBS DX: RT RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2006 | Age: 84 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 |
| BUMPED CHEST AGAINST DUMPSTER INJURING RIBS BUT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/18/2006 | Age: 77 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 |
| RT 9TH RIB FRACTURE.PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 41 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: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CHEST AND BACK PAIN - GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND FRONT OF CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2006 | Age: 67 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 |
| CONTUSION CHEST WHILE BENDING OVER A DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 24 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 |
| PT LIFTED GARBAGE CAN YESTERDAY. DX: DORSAL/LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 34 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, Alcohol |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A WASTE PAPE R BASKET FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 74 YO MALE LIFTED HEAVY TRASH CAN CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 51 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS "DUMPSTER DIVING" ONE WEEK AGO AND HAD TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF DU MPSTER. NOW WITH CHEST PAIN. D: CHEST WALL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2006 | Age: 69 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 |
| FELL AGAINST METAL GARBAGE CAN; RIGHT CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2006 | Age: 47 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 |
| PT IS BEING SEEN FOR STRAINED BACK WHEN MOVING GARGABE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2006 | Age: 37 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 AFTER REACHING FOR THE TRASH CAN ACUTE MUSCLE STRAIN UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2006 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON WASTE BASKET 2 DAYS PTA DX: FX LT 7TH + 8TH RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LEFT RIB FRACTURE: FELL AGAINST RECYCLE CONTAINER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | Age: 69 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 |
| CONTUSION LT CHEST WALL - FELL OUT OF DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2006 | Age: 40 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: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED AND FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT CHEST ON METAL TRASH CAN LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN BACK PAIN RADIATING THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SLIPPED FELL ON TRASH CAN LEFT RIB TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2006 | Age: 50 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 |
| PT FELL ONTO EDGE OF DUMPSTER. DX: L CHEST WALL CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 7-10 FEET INTO DUMPSTER DX: LT RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2006 | Age: 57 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 |
| RIB CONT. PT LOST BALANCE WHEN THROWING A BOTTLE INTO DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT FELL FORWARD,HITTING CHEST ON TRASH CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/03/2006 | Age: 40 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 HIT IN CHEST WITH GARBAGE CAN, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT REACHING INTO DUMPSTER TO GET SOMETHING OUT, FELT POP IN CHEST, FX R IB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | 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 TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | 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 W/GARBAGE CART AT MALL. DX: BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 73 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 |
| RIGHT RIB CONT, PT FELL WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2006 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories |
| PT SAW STEREO IN DUMPSTER, JUMPED UP ON DUMPSTER AND HURT RIBS DX: POSS R 5TH RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2006 | Age: 49 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 |
| THORACIC STRAIN - 49 YOM C/O UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER OPENING A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 75 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED&FELL HITTING CW ON A GARBAGE CAN " RIB FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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