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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2008 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,777
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Date: 12/29/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT TUMB PW. PT WAS EMPTYING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LT 4TH FINGER CONT: PLACING TRASH IN RECEPTICLE AT LOCAL FISH MARKET, STATES FINGER GOT CLOSED ON BY GARBAGE LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PUTTING A PIECE OF TRASH INTO THE GARBAGE CAN WHEN HE CUT HIS R 4TH FINGER ON A PIECE OF GLASS. DX R 4TH FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TWISTED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/15/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED THUMB WHILE EMPTYING HEAVY TRASH CAN. DX: PHALANX FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT HURT WHEN DROPPED GARBAGE CAN LID ON FINGER AT HOME DX: LACERATION RT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, CUT FINGER ON CAN, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN AND WAS CUT ON GLASS. DX: R INDEX LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT FINGER INJURY FROM CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL. DX-ACUTE 4TH FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78 Y/O CUT LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT NURSING HOME, ALSO FALLS FREQUENTLY. DX-FX LEFT SCAPULA, SHOULDER PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX TUFT FX R INDEX FINGER: W CLOS'G A LARGE DOOR ON A DUMPSTER & CAUGHT RIF IN THE BAR THAT HOLDS THE LARGE DOORS CLOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2008Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN A CAN AND LACERATED HIS HAND. DX LACERATION L 1ST FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP OBJECT IN TRASH CAN AT HOME DX: LACERATION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LAC-CUT ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62 YOF SLAMMED LEFT INDEX FINGER IN A DUMPSTER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Nonelectric razors or shavers
CUT WITH RAZOR IN TRASH CAN, DX; ABRASION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT TO FINGER ON TRASH CAN DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT ON GLASS IN RECYCLE BIN. DX: R THUMB LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ON FINGER AT HOME FX LT MID FINGER *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT THROWING GARBAGE INTO A DUMPSTER AND THE LID FELL BACK ONTO LEFT FI FTH FINGER DISLOCATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
35YOF WAS AT *** PURCHASED A TRASH CAN,WAS PUTTING TRASH CAN INTO CAR,I NJURED LT THUMB;THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, BENT THUMB BACK. HAS THUMB SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME DX/ LAC RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Towels or cloths
PT CLEANING A TRASH CAN WITH A CLOTH THAT WAS WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND IN DEX FINGER NOW IT HURTS FINGER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX R HAND 4TH DIGIT LAC: CUT HIMSELF ON EDGE OF GARBAGE BIN,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT CUT 4TH FINGER ON METAL TRASH CAN; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars
PATIENT WAS RECYCLING BOTTLES AND CANS TODAY, CUT HIS LT THIRD FINGER WHILE PULLING A GLASS BOTTLE OUT OF TRASH CAN. DX-LT THIRD FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER WHILE DUMPING GARBAGE CANS, POSSIBLY ON GLASS OR METAL CA N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
PT WAS @ HOME PICKING UP A CAN THAT SHE FOUND IN THE GARBAGE CAN CUTTING HER LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. DX LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER INJURY FROM CUTTING ON TRASH CAN. DX-ACUTE 1 CM RIGHT 2ND FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER AFTER CUTTING IT ON UNKNOWN OB JECT WHEN PT REACHED INTO TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LAC-CUT ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2008Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON SOMETHINK WHEN HE STRUCK HAND IN TRASH CONTAINER DX; 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION FINGER - 29 YO FEMALE STATES MOVING A PORCELAIN GARBAGE CAN AND IT BROKE CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC.PT WAS CLEANING OUT A TRASH CAN AND LACERATED FINGE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LAC-CUT ON METAL IN TRASH IN GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT THUMB WHILE PUTTING THINGS IN DUMPSTER. DX: FINGER LAC .5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT THUMB ON A CARBAGE CAN LID, LACERATION TO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
R MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN DUMPSTER LID DX; FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION: WAS PULL'G ON TRASH CAN W W CAN FELL ON PT AND PT INJ FINGER PULL'G NAIL BACK W SOME BLDG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS RUNNING BACKWARDS, & WENT TO TURN AROUND, SLIPPED, & JAMMED LT THUM FINGER ON A GARBAGE CAN. DX; THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO FINGER, PT REACHED INTO GARBAGE CAN AND CUT FINGER ON PIECE OF GLASS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT INDEX FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A TRASH CAN LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TO TRASH CAN AND LACERATED FINGER ON A CAN LID#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
PUSHED GARBAGE BAG INTO CAN- LID HIT THUMB DX; LEFT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING SHARP WHEN REACHING IN GARBAGE CAN. DX. SKIN AV ULSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bags
RIGHT THUMB LAC, PT WAS TRHOWING AWAY A BAG INTO TRASH CAN AND GOT CUT FROM GLASS IN BAG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION RT THUMB-SUS A 1CM LAC TO RT THUMB WHEN SHE CUT IT ON SOMETH ING IN THE TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS IN A GRABAGE CAN >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX FINGER LACERATION - S/P CUT ON GARBAGE PAIL LID AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LACERATION FROM REACHING INTO TRASH CAN CUT FINGER. DX- LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC FINGER ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUS LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSNING TRAS CAN CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE LACERATION RIGHT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PLAYING W/GARBAGE CAN AND WAS CUT. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX LT INDEX FINGER LACERATION - CUT FINGER WITH GARBAGE CAN JUST PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Insect induced injuries
PT TAKING OUT HER GARBAGE CANS TO THE ROADWAY LAST NIGHT AND WAS BIT ON THE FINGER BY AN INSECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
61 YO MALE CUT FINGER ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN LACERATION THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT RT THUMB ON METAL TRASH CAN;PAINFUL,SOME SWELLING. DENIES WRIST PAI N. DX: RT THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PUTTING SOMETHING INTO RECYCLE BIN & CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS DX: LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OUT A METAL TRASH CAN AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
37 YO REACHING INTO TRASH CAN INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT SCHOOL. DX; SPRAIN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS THROWING A TRASH CAN. DX FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT ON TRASH CAN DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CLOSED HEAVY METAL DUMPSTER DOOR ON PINKIE FINGER. DX; FINGER CRUSHI NG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
AMPUTATED TIP OF FINGER WITH TRASH CAN LID;DX AMPUTATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT TRASH CAN/ LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Pins and needles
LEFT 4TH FINGER LAC, PT WAS EMPTYING TRASH CAN AND WAS STUCK WITH A NEE DLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO THE FINGER WHEN TRYING TO OPEN GARBAGE.?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MASHED FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. DX FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED FINGER WHEN LIFTING DOOR ON THE DUMPSTER DX: CRUSH INJ TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PLAYING NEAR A GARBAGE CAN WHEN THE LID SHUT ON HIS L 5TH FINGER . HAS A LAC. DX L 5TH FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ANOTHER CHILD THREW A TRASH CAN AT PT. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER ON SOMETHING SHARP IN TRASH CAN AT THE MALL DX: LACERATION RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN TRYING TO PUSH INTO DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Kitchen mixing bowls, canisters or similar containers
40Y/O,M,PUSHING GLASS BOWL INTO TRASH, CUT FINGERS, LAC. R 3RD & 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON TRASH CAN DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A TRASH CAN AT A GAS STATION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON CERAMIC TILE TRASH CAN STUCK HAND IN TRASH CAN AFTER I BROKE LACERATION RIGHT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Doors
WAS TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUTSIDE AT THE PENITENTIARY WHERE HE IS INCARCER ATED. STEELE DOOR FELL ON FINGER. TRAUM. AMP. RT. 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Doors
PT SUSTAINED DUE TO INJURY OF THE RIGHT LITTLE FINGER, WHEN SHE SLAMMED HER FINGER BETWEEN A GARBAGE CAN AND A DOOR. DX: SPRAIN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT FINGER ON TRASH CAN AT SCHOOL, DX; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX R 3RD PROXIMAL PHALANGE CONTU: CRANKING OPEN LARGE RECYCLE BIN WITH WOODED HANDLE, HAND SLIPPED, HANDLE SPUN AROUND AND HIT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GOT THUMB SMASHED IN DUMPSTER LID AT HOME. DX; FRACTURE THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT FINGER WHILE THROWING GARBAGE DOWN GARBAGE SHOOT, LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
5TH FINGER LAC, PT CUT FINGER ON SHARP METAL WHEN EMPTYING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT HAND ON GARBAGE CAN HAS LAC TO (L) INDEX FINGER DX- FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
89YFC OPENING DUMPSTER LID CAUGHT FINGER ON LID/LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT (R) 5TH FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT OPENED PLASTIC DUMPSTER LID, CUT FINGER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING O UT TRASH CONTAINER AND PIECE OF WOOD SPLINTER WENT UNDER FINGE RNAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTING THE LID OF A DUMPSTER AND IT CAME DOWN ONTO RIGHT HAND CONTU SION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
38 YO HIT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Poles
PT HELPING TO MOVE DUMPSTER WHEN FINGER BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN DUMPSTER AND A POLE. D: OPEN LEFT 5TH PROXIMAL PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATED LEFT THIRD FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT 4TH FINGER CONT. PT CRUSHED FINGER BETWEEN A TRASH CAN AND GRANITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
31 YO INJURED FINGER ON TRASH CAN LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC TO R 5TH FINGER ON TRASH CAN DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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