Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 6-15 years old - Year 2002 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 730
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT TRASH WHEN HE FELL AND HIT HEAD DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS IN A TRASH BIN AND FELL WHILE BIN WAS MOVING - HIT CONCRETE. D: FALL /CONCUSSION WITH LOC / CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELL ON CEMENT WHEN STANDING ON GARBAGE CAN AT NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ; MILD HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD HEMATOMA, FACIAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE PLAYRIDING ON A GARBAGE CAN, HAD HEADACHE; MINOR HEAD INJURY, NECK INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN. +LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. D:MENTAL STATUS CHANGE, LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/06/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD WHEN HE RAN INTO A DUMPSTER AT UNCLE'S HOUSE. DX LACERATION OF SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OFF A 5 FOOT TRASH CAN LANDING ON R SHOULDER ON CEMENT. DX. R FRO NTAL SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, CONT FACE, R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD RUNNING AND RAN INTO A DUMPSTER NO LOC BUT CHILD STUNNED. DX CHI NASAL SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP HEMATOMA- SUSTAINED WHILE PUSHING A CAR BACKWARDS WITH FRIENDS HI S HEAD GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CAR DOOR AND THE DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO HEAD AFTER FALLING AND HITTING HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Basketball
PT C/O HIT HEAD TODAY ON GARBAGE CAN WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LACERATION TO HEAD FROM GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT RUNNING FELL INTO DUMPSTER HITITNG FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHILD PLAYING TAG W/ FRIEND'S RUNNING AND HIT HEAD AGAINST DUMPSTER.PLA YING IN ALLEY. DX SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RUNNING HIT HEAD ON HANDEL OF GARBAGE DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A DUMPSTER, RESULTING IN A BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA AND EARLY POST-TRAUMATIC SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GARBAGE CAN VS. HEAD DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ball sports
HEAD LAC, VIA EMS, PT RETRIEVING A BALL FROM A DUMPSTER & SUST INJURYAT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP LAC-HIT SELF W/ LARGE PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT RUNNING BACKWARDS, FELL HITTING HEAD ON RUSTY DUMPSTER; SCALP L AC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O FELL FROM SCHOOL AND HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. RAN INTO A TRASH DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCALP LAC-FELL @ HOME-HIT EDGE OF GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
10 Y/O M C/O HEAD INJURY 2 INCH LAC TAKING TRASH OUT AND WIND CAUGHT LI D AND KNOCK OUT PATIENT. DX: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. HIT HEAD ON A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls
ASSAULTED @SCHOOL BY 2 BOYS IN BATHROOM PUSHED AGAINST WALL THROWN TO G ROUND STRUCK IN HEAD WITH GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Football
RAN INTO DUMPSTER WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GRANDMOTHER STATES PT CLIMBED ON A DUMPSTER AND FELL DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI WHEN FELL ON TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PLAYING WITH COUSIN AND RAN INTO A METAL DUMPSTER+ LOC 1 MIN.+ 7CM LACERATION HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
10 YOM LAC TOP OF HEAD; HIT ON CORNER OF TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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