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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,223
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL & INJURED WRIST ON DUMPSTER DX WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Footwear |
| TRYING TO PICK UP TRASH CAN WITH RIGHT HAND & HAD ON SLIPPERY SHOES, FE LL ON ARM DX WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT WRIST FX.PT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WAS TAKING OUT GARBAGE CAN AND CUT (R) WRIST AND 5TH FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS DX- WRIST AND FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX CLOSED WRIST FRACTURE: STANDING ON TRASH CAN TRYING TO GET INTO OWN HOME (W/O KEYS) AND FELL, 3FT, TO GROUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| WRIST FX-JUMPED OFF A GARBAGE CAN-IN THE STREET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS AT HOME, HIT THE SIDE OF A TRASH CONTAINER, CAUSING A WRIST CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS THROWING GARBAGE IN THE DUMPSTER WHEN THE LID FELL ONTO RIGHT WR IST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT WRIST ON SOME GLASS IN TRASH CAN/WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FX A WRIST BY STRIKING AGAINST GARBAGE CAN DURING FLOOD CLEAN UP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT HAD PAIN TO RIGHT WRIST AFTER LIFTING GARBAGE CAN, SPRAIN OF RIGHT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 23 YOM-DUMPING TRASH CAN-CAN FELL OVER CAUSING WRIST TO TWIST/SPRAIN WR IST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT INJURED WRIST 5 MONTHS AGO, TODAY PICKED UP DUMPSTER, REINJURED WRIS T, SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SLIPPED AND FELL OFF TRASH CAN LID, L WRIST PAIN DX; WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL OVER TRASH CAN AT HOME. DX. CONT R WRIST, HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 51 YO F SPRAIN TO WRIST INJURED AFTER HITTING DUMPTSER 2 WEEKS AGO* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| L ARM PAIN AFTER EMPTYING TRASH CAN DX; WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN TO WRIST TWISTED EMPTYING TRASH CAN DX: WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT WRIST SPRAIN.PT WAS USING A DUMPSTER FOR TRASH AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN TO WRIST HIT ON DUMPSTER DX: CONTUSION TO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX RIGHT WRIST STRAIN: MOVING RECYCLE BIN, BIN TIPPED AND PT FELL INTO BIN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS PULLING METAL FROM A DUMPSTER LAST NIGHT AND SUSTAINED MINOR LAC ERATIONS TO RT WRIST, LT 1ST & 2ND FINGERS. PT HOMELESS,HX PSYCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 45 YOF FELL HANGING ONTO GARBAGE CAN LARGE WHEELED QUESTIONABLE FX CONT R DISTAL FOREARM/WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT WRIST FX. PT INJURED WRIST ON A METAL LID FROM A DUMPSTER WHEN IT FELL ON HIM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2007 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC L WRIST, PT GOT CUT W/THE GARBAGE CAN, NO LOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 46YOF TAKING OUT GARBAGE FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED ARM FX R RADIUS ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 86 YO F FRACTURE WRIST CONTUSION TO HEELAND KNEE FELL TAKING THE TRASH OUT* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LACERATION RIGHT WRIST: CUT ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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