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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 752
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 53 YO MALE FELL TO GROUND AND TRASH CAN FELL ON HIM - ETOH LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| CONCUSSION/ CONTUS HEAD; FELL, MOVING GARBAGE CANS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2002 | Age: 61 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 |
| 61 YO MALE FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON TRASH CAN - ETOH LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 76 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 |
| GOT WEAK, FELL AGAINST DUMPSTER DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Ceilings and walls |
| AFTER BENDING OVER TRASH CAN, STOOD UP, PASSD OUT HITTING CEMENT WALL DX: CONCUSSION, OCCIPITAL ABRASION, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| 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 FELL STRIKING GARBAGE CAN. DX: ANTERIOR SCALP LAC 15 CM/CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CHI.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 77 YOM HIT BY FALLING GARBAGE CAN LID ABRASION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SCALP LAC - ACCIDENTALLY STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON A METAL DUMPSTER LID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN FELL AND STRUCK TRASHCAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FELL IN KITCHEN AT HOME STRIKING PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN NO LOC SCALP LACC MULTI CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT HIT LID OF DUMPSTER C/O PARIETAL PAIN - DX CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 70 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX HEAD ABRASION: HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 84 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON TRASH CAN @ HOME. E888 9 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2002 | Age: 79 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: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT GARBAGE TRIPPED AND FELL DX: LT HUMERAL HEAD FX, HAIR LINE SCALP FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2002 | Age: 71 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, Beds |
| PT GOT OUT OF BED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A PLASTIC WASTE BASKET CLO SED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 78 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 |
| FELL INTO GARBAGE CANSCALP LAC ARM LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HAD TRASH CAN LID LIFTED UP WHILE EMPTYING TRASH INTO IT AND LID FELL A ND HIT HER OVER L TOP OF HEAD. DX. CONT. HEAD AND HAND, L SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| LEANING OVER GARBAGE CAN, FELL ON FLOOR DX. HEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 67 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HIT HEAD ON THE EDGE OF A TRASH CAN LACERATION TO OCCIPUT 4 CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CONCUSSION.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AND FELL AND HIT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 83 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 |
| BUMPED INTO TRAILER CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | 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 HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER. DX: 3 CM SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| MILD CONC. PT SLIPPED WHEN CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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