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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 711
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 10 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 |
| PATIENT CUT LEG ON A PIECE OF GLASS HANGING OUT FROM GARBAGE BAG AT HOM E; LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2002 | Age: 14 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 |
| TAKING GARBAGE OUT,GARGAGE CAN RUBBED ON LOWER LEG,LACERATION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 15 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 |
| WHILE TAKING TRASH CAN OUT HE LACERATED RIGHT LEG ON SOMETHING SHARP IN TRASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | 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 WALKING BY TRASH CAN CUTTING LT LEG ON GLASS, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | 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, Ashtrays, not electric or not battery operated |
| AT HOME, PATIENT TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN THAT HAD BROKEN ASHTRAY IN IT AND CUT LOWER LEG. DX LOWER LEG LACREATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2002 | Age: 10 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 |
| LAC (L) CALF, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, ROM NORMAL, GAIT NORMAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC (R) LWR LEG, MOTHER STS PT FELL ON A GARBAGE CAN & SUST INJURY W/A PROTUDING STICK, C/O PAIN & BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 SUSTAINED LAC TO LEG FROM GARBAGE CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| 10 YO M PLAYING AROUND DUMPSTER CUT LEG ON NAIL LAC LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 7 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 |
| CUT BY PIECE OF CERAMIC STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE CAN DX: LACERATION LT. LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 7 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 |
| LACERATED RIGHT LEG ON SHARP ITEM STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 13 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 |
| CUT LEG ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRASH CAN HAD SHARP OBJECT IN IT AND LACERATED RIGHT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | 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 DX LACERATION LT SHIN - " HE CUT HIS LEG ON GARBAGE CAN" PT STATES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| BURNED LEG ON TRASH CAN-2ND DEGREE BURN LOWER RIGHT LEG. CHANGED-FIRE DEPT. ATTEND. NOT RECORDED - APPARENTLY, FIRE DEPT. DID NOT ATTEND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 9 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 PLAYING AROUND THE DUMPSTER IN HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 12 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 |
| PT FELL AND CUT HIS LEG ON A GARBAGE CAN. DX LEFT LOWER LEG LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| STRAINED LOWER LEG WHEN FELL AGAINST TRASHCAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CUT SHIN ON PIECE OF GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN. NONWORK. LACERATION LEFT SHIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | 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, Lighting equipment |
| CHILD LACERATED CALF ON GLASS LAMP IN GARBAGE BAG SHE WAS PUTTING INTO TRASH CAN. D: SIMPLE LACERATION, CALF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 11 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 IN A GARBAGE CAN WITH RIGHT LEG SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG FROM SOMETHING IN THE GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 11 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 |
| TRIPPED OVER RUSTY PIECE OF TRASH BIN AT HOME TODAY. DX. LAC L LE G. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2002 | Age: 10 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 |
| LAC LEFT LOWER EXTREMETY- JUMPED OFF A DUMPSTER CIT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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