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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 617
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL WHILE PULLING GARBAGE CAN TO HOUSE. DX. R COLLES FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PAIN TO WRIST AFTER CARING GARBAGE CAN DX: WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LEFT WRIST FRACTURE: STANDING ON TRASH CAN, IT TIPPED AND PT FELL ONTO BENT WRIST AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS IN BATHROOM TRYING TO MOVE THE TRASH CAN, LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL INJURING HIS WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL CARRYING TRASH CAN DX. WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Canning jars or lids |
| PT WAS REACHING INTO THE GARBAGE CAN AND A CAT LID CUT HER WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT WRIST PUTTING GARBAGE IN TRASH CAN/ LT WRIST LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| R HAND HIT BY GARBAGE CAN. DX. R WRIST CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME WHILE TAKING GARBAGE OUTDX: RT WRIST FX + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2002 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| INJURED LIFTING TRASH CAN DX. WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| GETTING TRASH BARREL AND SLIPED ON LEAVES FALLING AND FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FX (R) WRIST, PT TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT, FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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