Accidents - Buckets or pails - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,101
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	693	Lower Trunk:	672
Head:	285	Lower Leg:	241
Ankle:	215	Finger:	147
Shoulder:	117	Face:	100
Foot:	86	Hand:	84
Neck:	84	Knee:	84
Wrist:	77	Elbow:	69
Lower Arm:	69	Upper Arm:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
77 Y/O F /CO HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE AFTER TRIPPING ON BUCKETS OF PLANTS. DX: LT. HEAD LAC- HEAD INJURY-LT 5TH METACARPAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
PT DROPPED A BUCKET FULL OF SALT ON FOOT, SPRAINED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
BANGED ANKLE WITH A PAIL SHE WAS CARRYING 1 WEEK AGO. DX. R ANKLE CONTU SION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
CUT FINGER ON A GLASS BUCKET. DX. R 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LACERATION, R 5T H FINGER TENDON LACERATIONL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
LIFTED HEAVY BUCKET FULL OF SAND YESTERDAY. ACUTE LOWER BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A *** BUCKET CAUSING CONTUS IONS TO HER RT RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
PT FELL AVOIDING BUCKET AFTER USING BATHROOM. LANDED ON SHOULDER. D: SO FT TISSUE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
RT LEG CELLULITIS-C/O PAIN & REDNESS TO RT LOWER LEG X 1 MO AFTER STRIK ING IT AGAINST A MOP BUCKET. THEN REINJURED IT TWO DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
CARRYING A PAIL OF CORN DOWN SLOPE OF HILL AND FELL WITH LEG UNDER HIM/ TRIMALLEOLAR FX RT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC PICKLE BUCKET AND FELL TO THE GROUND HITTING HIS ELBOW. 2CM ELBOW LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
PT AT HOME TRIPPED OVER A BUCKET SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TO LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
PT STANDING ON A FIVE GALLON BUCK WHEN IT FLIPPED OVER STRUCK ABDOMEN ON THE BUCKET CONTUSION ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
LEFT RIB FX. PT WAS STANDING ON A BUCKET AND FELL OFF STRIKING CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
FELL HIT LEFT SIDE ON 5 GALLON BUCKET DX FRACTURE TO 11TH RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2003	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: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
PT WITH HIP/LOW BACK PAIN. WAS BENDING FROM WAIST CARRYING BUCKETS OF H 2O. D: MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN, DYSURIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
PERSON DROPPED BUCKET ON FOOT,FX FOOT,PERSON HAS ORDOR OF ALCOHOL ON BR EATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 96 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: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
SCALP LAC - FELL WHEN GETTING PAIL FOR HUSBAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT LIFTED 5 GAL BUCKET 1/2 FULL OF PAINT. DX: L THORACIC/SCAPULAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails, Ladders
10 CM LEG LAC - HIT LEG ON BUCKET WHEN STEPPING OFF LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
PT WITH TESTICULAR PAIN/SWELLING AFTER LIFTING HEAVY BUCKET WHEN DOING YARDWORK. D: INGUINAL HERNIA, TESTICLE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
64 YO M INJURED FINGER ON BUCKET LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 82 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: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
FELL AGAINST A BUCKET HITTING R) UPPER ARM DX: LACERATION TO R) UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Buckets or pails, Ceilings and walls
84 YOWM WAS CARRYING A BUCKET OF WATER WHEN HE TRIPPED AND STRUCK HIS F INGER AGAINST A CONCRETE WALL. DX. PARTIAL NAIL AVULSION R 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
LUMBAR STRAIN; HURT BACK LIFTING SOME BUCKETS @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
CMPD FX LOWER BACK; LIFTED BUCKET OF TOMATOES & NOTED PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
PT SUSTAINED LT EYELID LACERATION AFTER HITTING IT WITH A PIECE OF PLASTIC BUCKET 2 DAYS AGO.1132
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
TRIPPED OVER PAIL INJ RT KNEE DX: RT TIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
59 YEAR OLD FEMALE HIT IN HEAD WITH BUCKET LACERATION ON HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
FELL WHILE CARRYING A BUCKET OF WATER, C/O PAIN TO LEFT RIB AREA. CONTUSION TO LEFT RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
72 YO MALE FELL AGAINST A PLASTIC PALE,CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
C/O UPPER BACK PAIN, HAS BEEN DOING GARDENING, YESTERDAY LIFTED 18 BUCK ETS OF WATER/ UPPER BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
STANDING ON A BUCKET AND FELL OFF 1 1/2 FT INVERTING AND SPRAINING ANKL E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails, Chairs
PT BEGAN EXPERIENCING NECK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A BUCKET; NOW PAIN WORSE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF CHAIR--------------DX: ACUTE NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
PT. LIFTED 5 GAL BUCKET 2 WEEKS AGO AT HOME. DX. STRAIN R TRAPEZIUS MU SCLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails, Lawn mowers
83 YOWM WAS SITTING ON A BUCKET WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A LAWN MOWER. DX. SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING BUCKETS OF ROCKS INTO DUMPSTER ONE MONTH AGO. D: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
LOWER BACK PAIN - 52 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A BUCKET ABO UT 3-4 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Buckets or pails
PATIENT FELL OFF A BUCKET. DX-ACUTE LEFT HIP HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
PT STATES SHE TRIPPED OVER A BUCKET IN LAUNDRY ROOM AND LANDED ON HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
PT LIFTED A HEAVY BUCKET 1MO AGO. DX: HYPONATREMIA, ABDOM PX, OBSTIPATION, T 11 & L 3 COMPRESSION FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
PT STEPPED OFF OF BUCKET AND TWISTED ANKLE DX: LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails, Clotheslines or clothes drying racks
UNCERTAIN RIB FRACTURE LEFT - WHILE HANGING CLOTHES ON LINE IN HOUSE LOST BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING LOW BACK ON PLASTIC SCRUB BUCKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
51 YO F HURT BACK LIFTING HEAVY BUCKETS OF WATER. DX LS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
PT WAS USING A METAL BUCKET TO COLLECT SHEELS ON THE BEACH SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND ON THE BUCKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
WHILE CARRYING A 5 GAL BUCKET OF WATER, PT DEVELOPED NECK PAIN, STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST AGAINST A METAL BUCKET FRA CTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails, Counters or countertops
DX:R 10-12 RIB FX. STANDING ON BUCKET WHICH SLIPPED BROKE FALL ON COUNT ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
PAIN LIFTING A BUCKET DX. LBP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
PT C/O PAIN TO LT LOWER LEG DUE TO BEING HIT WITH BUCKET OF CEMENT BY ACCIDENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails
PT INJURED WHEN SHE PICKED UP A HEAVY BUCKET; SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails, Knives with replaceable blades
HAND LAC-OPENING A PLASTIC BUCKET W/A UTILITY KNIFE THAT SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Buckets or pails
WALKING OUTSIDE AT HOME AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING SIDE ON EDGE OF A BUCKET. CONTUSIONS TO LEFT RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Buckets or pails
PT CARRYING A PAIL AND FELT POP IN SHOULDER DX SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Buckets or pails
PT FELL STRIKING FACE AGAINST A BUCKET AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION T O FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Buckets or pails, Stairs or steps
TWISTED KNEE GOING UP STAIRS CARRING BUCKET DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Buckets or pails
PT FELL OFF BUCKET WHILE GOOSE HUNTING. DX: FX/CONT R RIB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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