Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,739
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	139
6-15 years old:	288
16-25 years old:	192
26-50 years old:	418
50+ years old:	700

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN STRUCK BY A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2009	Age: 6 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 WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND CUT LEG ON BROKEN GLASS. D: LEFT LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2009	Age: 35 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
RIGHT LEG LAC, PT INJURED LEG WHEN HITTING IT ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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 HIT A WASTEBASKET ON TUESDAY C/O ONSET OF PAIN IN LEFT TIBIA AND SWE LLING OF HER ANKLE. DX: LEFT TIBIAL CONTUSION,DIABETES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 40 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
40YO WHITE MALE AT HOME CLEANING THE SHOP, CUT LEG ON PIECE OF GLASS IN TRASH CAN , DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		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 LOWER LEG WITH TIN FROM GARBAGE CAN AT SHCCOL, LACERATION TO LOW ER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 10 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
10 YOM, DUMPSTER LID FELL ON LEG, LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LARGE TRASH CAN W/PAVERS AND LANDSCAPING MATERIALS FELL BACK ON LEG. DX. CRUSH INJURY R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
56 YR OLD TRIPPED AND FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN AND INJURED LEG DX/ RIGHT LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 61 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WALKED INTO A GLASS TRASH CONTAINER ABRADING LOWER LEG >>ABRS/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	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
JUMPING FROM DUMPSTER SEVEN FEET AND HIT LEG ON IT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 40 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
PT PULLING GARBAGE OUT OF CAN WHEN A PIECE OF GLASS CUT (R) LEG DX;# LAC (R) LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 53 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: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND TWISTED ANKLE AND FX TIB-FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 89 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
HIT LT LOWER LEG ON WASTE BASKET,LG LAC & SKIN TEAR. DX: LAC LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	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
WALKING BY TRASH CAN AND CUT LOWER LEG ON SOME GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
DX ABRASION LEG: C/O PN TO R SHIN AFTER TRIP'B OVER GARBAGE CAN & GET'G AN ABRASION. TRASH CAN TIP' & SCRAPED SKIN TO R ANK SL PLUFFY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 12 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
PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER EMPTY TRASH AND A PIECE OF GLASS CUT LOWER LEG- DX- LACERATION RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 3 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
PT FELL OVER A TRASH CAN AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 8 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, Metal containers
PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND HIT INNER ASPECT OF R BELOW KNEE AREA O N CAN IN TRASH. DX. LAC R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 LACERATION TO LEG WHEN TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE CAN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	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 SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LOWER LEG ON BROKEN GLASS WHEN SHE WAS MOVING GARBAGE CAN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	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 GOING TO BATHROOM, STUMBLED ON GARBAGE PAIL, CUT LOWER LEG DX: PRETIBIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT RIGHT LEG WITH PIECE OF GLASS WHILE PUTTING IT IN DUMPSTER PUNCTURE WOUND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2009	Age: 38 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 THROWNING A PIECE OF METAL INTO A DUMPSTER IT BOUNCED OUT STRUCK IN THE LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
CUT RIGHT LEG ON TRASH CAN LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 RAN INTO A GARBAGE CAN DX: RT LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	Age: 81 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
PT LACERATED LOWER LEG ON PAPER MACHE WASTE PAPER CAN. DX:LOWER LEG LAC ERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2009	Age: 24 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
RLL LAC ON TRASH CAN DX: RLL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 18 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 PUSHING TRASH DOWN INTO A TRASH CAN WITH FOOT AND SOMETHING IN CAN S TRUCK LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	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 CUT LEG ON BROKEN GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN, LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 34 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
LOWER LEG INJURY FROM CUTTING ON SHARP EDGE OF TRASH CAN. DX-RIGHT LOWER LEG LACERATION 8 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	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 PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN A TRASH CAN WITH FOOT SOMETHING IN THE TRASH C UT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT LEG ON TRASH CAN DX: LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 63 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
PT PUTTING TRASH IN THE TRASH CAN AND A PIECE OF GLASS WAS STICKING O UT STRUCK LOWER ;LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	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
CUT LOWER LEG ON PIECE OF GLASS IN TRASH CAN;DX LACERATED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 BUMPED HIS LEG WITH PLASTIC TRASH CAN 3 WKS AGO BRUISING NEVER WENT AWAY DX WOUND INFECTION R LOWER LEG *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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 SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO THE LOWER LEG WHEN ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE GARBAGE CAN.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT TOOK OUT THE GARBAGE AND TRIPPED AND FELL/ INABILITY TO MOVE LEGS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/24/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
YARD WASTE CONTAINER FELL ONTO PT'S LEG. DX: R LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 2 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, Sinks
CLIMBING DOWN FROM SINK AND CUT LEG ON PIECE OF GLASS FROM TRASH CAN LACERATION LOWER LEG #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
CARRYING HIS TRASHCAN SLIPPED ON ICE FRACTURE LEFT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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