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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 499
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2009 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS LIFTING TRASH OUT OF GARBAGE CANA AND INJ LT ARM DX: RUPTURED BICEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 43 YOM "DUMPSTER DIVING", L AMR PAIN DX: HUMERUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRAIN BICEP - 42 YO MALE CO OF PAIN OF THE RIGHT UPPER ARM - ONSET WHE N THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL ATTEMPTING TO BRING IN GARBAGE CAN DX: RT DISTAL HUMERUS FX. RT EYE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS DIGGING THROUGH DUMPSTER WHEN SHARP METAL WENT THROUGH ARM. DX: R UPPER ARM LAC THROUGH & THROUGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| UPPER ARM FX. PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 92 Y/O HAD SAME HEIGHT FALL, FELL BACKWARDS WHILE USING WALKER AT THE NURSING HOME, TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN. DX-FX HUMERUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT BRINGING IN HIS GARBAGE CAN AND FELL STRUCK RIGHT UPPE ARM AGAINST T HE SIDE OF THE CAN LACERATION UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| F6CM LUE SKIN AVULSION - FELL ON TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| MOVING TRASH CAN A SQUIRRELL JUMPED OUT SCRATCHED HIS ARM ANIMAL BITE RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LAC UPPER ARM-BILAT: W LIFT'G LID OF DUMPSTER SLIP'D ON ICE & CUT BOTH UPPER ARMS ON GARBAGE CAN. L ARM W 2IN. LAC & R ARM W 2CM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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