Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,177
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	69
Year 1998:	152
Year 1999:	340
Year 2000:	110
Year 2001:	374
Year 2002:	213
Year 2003:	335
Year 2004:	103
Year 2005:	443
Year 2006:	253
Year 2007:	61
Year 2008:	851
Year 2009:	499
Year 2010:	367

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	204
6-15 years old:	326
16-25 years old:	170
26-50 years old:	1,075
50+ years old:	2,400

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/14/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
HUMERUS FX. 54YOF INJURED ARM WHEN PULLING ON TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/12/2010	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
LEFT HUMERUS FX.64YOM WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL ON ICE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/12/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
RT HUMERUS FX.19YOF TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
9YOF WITH UPPER ARM PAIN FELL ONTO TRASH CAN DX: CONTUSION TO UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
5 YO MALE FELL OFF A DUMPSTER AND LANDED ON ARM. DX SUPRACONDYLAR FX, HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2010	Age: 78 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
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN 78 YO F FRACTURE L HUMERUS #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2010	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Floors or flooring materials
75YOM-SUPRA CONDYLAR FX-TRIPPED ON TRASH CAN-FELL-HIT THE FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
43YO HISP FEMALE STS TOOK TRASH TO DUMPSTER - OPENED IT UP & CUT SELF ON R UPPER INNER ARM ON PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS, DX LACERATION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
DX FX HUMERUS: 3YOF STAND' ON TRASH CAN. MOP ATTEMPT' TO CATCH PT W PF FELL OOF TRASH CAN LAND'G DIRECTLY ON ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
81 YOF PRESENT TO ER AFTER SHE WAS TAKING THE TRASH OUT AT HOME AND FEL L ON WASTE CONTAINER INJURING UPPER ARM- DX- FRACTURE UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2010	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
53 YOF R ARM PAIN PULLING ON TRASH CAN AND FELL DX: R UPPER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2010	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
90YOF CARRYING A TRASHCAN IN HER KITCHEN AND STRUCK LOWER LEG AGAINST A N OPEN CABINET DOOR CAUSED A FALL ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/17/2010	Age: 50 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
PARTIAL BICEPS TEAR: 50YOM LIFTING GARBAGE CAN OUT OF BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK, INJURY, PAIN, R ARM-TENDER BICIPITAL TENDON, AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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, Stairs or steps
RIGHT HUMERAL FX. PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL DOWN 3 STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
67 YO CARRING HEAVEY TRASH CAN FELL INJURED ARM FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 81 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 TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND HIT LT SHOULDER DX:FX HUMERAL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT INJURED ARM ON DUMPSTER. DX: RIGHT GREATER TUBEROSITY HUMERAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
HEAVY LIFTING AT HER CONDO LIFTING TRASH THROWING IN TRASH BIN STRAIN RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
UPPER ARM STRAIN LIFTING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	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, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS STANDING ON GARBAGE CAN TRYING TO CLIMB FENCE & CAN SLIPPED W/ IRON ROD PUNCTURING ARM DX: COMPLEX LAC R AXILLA 7 CM AND DELTOID 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	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, Exercise
PT WAS DOING A PULL UP ON DUMPSTER WHICH TIPPED OVER. DX: R HUMERUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN CONTUSION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 74 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
FELL AND STRUCK A TRASH CAN. DX FRACTURE R HUMERUS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 43 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS THRWOING COCONUTS IN A GARBAGE CAN AND FELT A PULL IN RIGHT UPPE R ARM STRAINED BICEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN ON DRIVEWAY AND FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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 FELL HIT GARBAGE CAN WITH UPPER ARM LAC UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
61 YO F FRACTURED HUMERUS SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE TAKING THE TRASH OUT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT THE NURSING HOME FELL TO THE FLOOR STRIKING LEFT UPPER ARM AGAINS T A TRASH CAN LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
L ARM PAIN SINCE LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT TAKING OUT GARBAGE AT HOME, FELL ONTO LT UPPER ARM, FX UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PATIETN FELL ON TRASH CAN GOING TO THE BATHROOM AT HOME, C/O UPPER ARM PAIN. DX-FRACTUE RIGHT HUMERUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT RT UPPER ARM ON TRASHCAN, AT DAYCARE DX: UPPER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PATIENT FELL AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE HUMERUS, FRACTURE METACARPAL LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL AGAINST A GARBAGE CAN AND INJURED UPPER ARM. DX UPPER ARM CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
BICEP PAIN AFTER LIFING TRASHCAN,GO IN HOUSE,FELT SWEATY,PASS OUT,HIT H EAD ON CABINET DX: SPRAIN/PAIN BICEP, VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, All-terrain vehicles
PT RIDING A FOUR WHEELED ATV AND CRASHED INTO A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME FRA CTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
HURT L ARM WHILE DOING YARD WORK, LIFTED TRASH CAN FULL OF ROCKS DX: L ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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, Crutches, canes or walkers
DX LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE: USING WALKER IN HOME, TRIPPED OVER WASTE BASKET.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/01/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
FELL CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX, HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2005	Age: 83 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 THROWING SOME TRASH INTO A DUMPSTER AND FELT A POP IN LEFT UPPER ARM STRAINED BICEOPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE.PT FELL OVER A TRASH CAN AND INJURED UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 46 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, Fences or fence posts
PATIENT WAS STANDING ON A TRASH CAN TRYING TO CUT SOME BUSHES AND ACCID. IMPALED HIMSELF ON IRON FENCE LACERATING HIS RT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN BURNING FLARED UP INTO FACE, ARMS AND LEGS AT SCHOOL. DX BUR NS FACE, R/L ARMS, R/L LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUS/ABRAS L UPPER ARM, SHOULDER & ELBOW; STATES TRIPPED ON DUMPSTER WHILE MOWIN - STATES HAD 6 BEERS TONIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
INJURED ARM PULLING A GARBAGE PAIL DX: R UPPER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
TRIP OVER WASTEBASKET FX ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
LACERATION UPPER ARM - PATIENT REPORTS RIGHT UPPER ARM WAS INCISED WITH COVER OF DUMPSTER AT HOME YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF LEFT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER TRIP & FALL WHILE TAKING OUT HIS GARBAGE CANS. DX - PROXIMAL HUMEROUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT ARM ON GLASS STICKING OUT OF DUMPSTER WHEN WALKING PASS DX: LAC TO UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
FELL OVER GARBAGE CANS WHILE TAKING TRASH OUT DX: HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
INJURED CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. UPPER ARM STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES SHE STRUCK ARM WITH DUMPSTER LID AT A MUNCIPAL DUMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN, FELL AND INJURED HUMERUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
42 YO F FELL OUTSIDE SAMEDAY SURGERY CENTER, CUT ARM ON TRASH CAN. DX L ARM CONTUSION, SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN - FRACTURE HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
L PROX HUMERUS FX/79YOF FELL AT HOME WHILE PUSHING TRASH INTO CAN AND H URT R SHOULDER/ARM. WAS IN THE KITCHEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
RT UPPER ARM STRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND INJURED UPPER ARM .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
AVULSION FX HUMERUS - TRIPPED OVER A GARBAGE CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 10 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: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD JUMPED OFF GARBAGE CAN WHILE PLAYING WITH DOG. D:POST HUMERAL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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
$LEFT UPPER ARM LACERATION.PT WAS LIFTING A TRASH CAN AND IT LACER ATED PTS UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
FELL PICKING UP WASTE BASKET FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2001	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2001	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2001	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2001	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2001	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2000	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2000	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2000	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Counters or countertops
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2000	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/1999	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/1999	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/30/1999	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/1999	Age: 48 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/1999	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/1999	Age: 47 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: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/1998	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/1998	Age: 10 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: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/1998	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	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, Light bulbs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/1998	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Baseball
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/1997	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/1997	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/1997	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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