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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Year 2010 - Knee

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 919
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Date: 11/23/2010Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
42 YOF PT C/O TWISTING INJURY. PTS R KNEE GAVE OUT WHILE ROLLING GRABA GE CAN WHICH THEN RAN OVER LEG. R KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX SPRAIN KNEE & LEG :18YOM W/ KNEE INJ WHEN ATTEMPT' JUMP TRASH CAN, HIT CAN W/ KNEE. PN PERSISTED MAINLY FRONT OF KNEE & SOFT TISSUE SWELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2010Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
46YOM FELL WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH CANS AT HOME KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YOF INJURED KNEE MOVING A GARBAGE CAN. DX: R KNEE INTERNAL DERANGEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds or bedframes
DX:KNEE SPRAIN-34YOF-KNEE PAIN-TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN-LANDED ON A BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2010Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
68 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER A TRIP AND FALL TODAY AT HOME HITTING KNEE O N TRASH CAN- DX- CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO KNEE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2010Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
41 YO M KNEE PAIN STARTED AFTER TRASH CAN FELL DIRECTLY ONTO KNEE YESTE RDAY. PAINFUL. DX SPRAIN TO RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2010Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
66 YOF SUS KNEE STRAIN WHILE PULLING HER GARBAGE PAIL%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
9YOM, HIT KNEE ON GARBAGE CAN AT SCHOOL, CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2010Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Buckets or pails
32YOM FELL ONTO GLASS LEFT IN TRASH BIN/BUCKET C/O LACERATION TO LEFT KNEE.DX: LEFT PATELLAR TENDON LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2010Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
25YOF MOVING A GARBAGE CAN DOWN THE END OF HER DRIVEWAY AND FELL SUSTAI NED A CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
38YOM HIT L KNEE ON A LARGE GARBAGE CAN DX- KNEE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Bicycles or accessories
8YOM PT RIDING HIS BIKE AND COLLIDED W/ A DUMPSTER, HIT HIS R KNEE ON D UMPSTER. PAIN. DX R KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
7YOM-KNEE LAC-CUT ON METAL GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
20YOM, RAN INTO A TRASH CAN&NOW WITH DIFF TO BEND THE KNEE >>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
34YOM DIRECT BLOW ON GARBAGE METAL CONTAINER, INJURED KNEE DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2010Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
20 YOM WAS SMASHING TRASH DOWN AND FELL OUT OF GARBAGE CAN. DX: L KNEE SPRAIN, LUMBAR STRAIN, CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2010Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62 YOF FELL LANDING ON GARBAGE CAN 3 DAYS AGO. DX: KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2010Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
47 YOF ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED LEFT KNEE ON TRASH CAN. CONTUSION, LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
34YOM CUT (L) KNEE ON SOMETHING WHILE TAKING THE GARBAGE CAN OUT DX;# LAC (L) KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2010Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT GARBAGE 55 YO F FRACTURE R PATELLA #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
16YOM ; A HEAVY TRASH CAN TIPPED OVER AND STRUCK PT ON KNEE. D: CONTU SION OF KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
85 YOF TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AND FELL. DX KNEE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2010Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
43 YOM FELL OFF OF DUMPSTER AND HAS KNEE PX. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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