|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,100
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/17/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN CARRYING GARBAGE TO THROW INTO A DU MPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 13 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 |
| PLAYING WITH FRIEND, WAS PUSHED AND CUT FOREARM ON GARBAGE CAN LID AT H OME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT LAC RT FOREARM ON BROKEN GLASS WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| FRACTURE RADIUS - 46 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PAIN & SWELLING RIGHT ARM - STATES HE FELL OUT OF A DUMPSTR AND CAUGHT SELF WITH ARMS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT CUT ARM ON PIECE OF METAL IN TRASH CAN AT ***. DX; ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 39 YOF CUT ARM ON DUMPSTER LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 25 YOM CUT ARM ON METAL THAT WAS IN TRASH CAN LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 57 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 |
| 57YOM THROWING AWAY SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME,STRUCK FOREARM; FOREARM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PLAYING HIDE & SEEK;PT HID IN GARBAGE CAN;GOT PUSHED OVER & RT HAND HIT A ROCK;DEFORMITY OF FOREARM. DX: FRACTURE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PICKING UP TRASH CAN&LID FELL OFF,PT TIPPED CAN OVER & FELL INTO CAN,HI TTING ARM ON SIDE OF CAN DX: ARM ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 26 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 |
| PT WAS IN DUMPSTER WHEN WIND BLEW LID SHUT. DX: L ARM ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 80 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 |
| FOREARM LAC-CUT ON TRASH CAN-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 5 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| HE HAD GOTTEN UP ON THE GARBAGE CAN, AT HOME, & WAS TRYING TO GET SOME- THING OFF THE SHELF, HE FELL ON LT WRIST. DX: BUCKLE FX- ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2008 | Age: 27 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 WAS CUT ON GARBAGE CAN LID 2 DAYS AGO. DX: L FOREARM LAC OLD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 59 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE FOREARM BY FALLING AGAINST A RECYCLING BIN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS DUMPSTER DIVING WHEN HE FELL ON SOME GLASS IN DUMPSTER. D: ARM L ACERATION, NEAR SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT FOREARM STR. PT STRAINED FOREARM WHEN PULLING OUT TRASH CANS, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2008 | Age: 35 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 HAND INJURY, RIGHT 3RD DIGIT CRUSH, SMASHED IN DUMPSTER. DX-ACUTE CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT HAND, ULNAR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| PT WAS REACHING INTO A TRASH CAN AND SUSTAINED LACERATION TO RT FOREARM DX FORERM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 SUSTAINED LAC TO FOREARM ON A GARBAGE CAN WHILE TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 2 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 2 YO FELL STRIKING ARM ON RECYCLE BIN CONTUSION FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LEFT FOREARM ABRASION.PT WAS MOVING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 79 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 |
| C/O HAND PAIN, FELL PUSHING A LARGE TRASH CAN. DX-BILATERAL RADIUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 21 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 THROWING GLASS IN DUMPSTER AND IT FLEW UP. DX: L FOREARM LAC 5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2008 | 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 Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Recording tapes |
| RETRIEVING SOME VIDEOS HIS MOM THREW OUT AND FELL OFF DUMPSTER FIVE FEE T CONTUSING FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 48 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 |
| C/O TRAUMATIC WRIST PAIN, TRIPPED AND FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN LID THIS P.M. DX-RIGHT RADIUS FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 83 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: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS DRAGGING A TRASH CAN, TO ER WITH ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 78 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: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND DRAGGED LOWER ARM ACROSS THE TOP OF THE DUM PSTER LACERATION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
