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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 465
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT CARRYING A HEAVY GARBAGE CAN WHEN SHE FELL FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FX R RADIUS; CAUGHT IN HANDLE OF FALLING DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING FOREARM ON WASTEBASKET AND PELVIS ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TOOK OUT GARBAGE 1 HOUR AGO. ACUTE LT RADIAL/ULNAR WRIST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/09/2003 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| SLIPPED & FELL WHILE PULLING TRASH CAN RADIAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 51 YOF WAS A RESTRAINED PASSENGER INVOLVED IN MVA WHEN CAR HIT A DUMPS TER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONTUSION, RIGHT FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2003 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM: CUT ARM ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| HOMELESS PT LACERATED FOREARM WHILE "DUMPSTER DIVING". +ETOH. D: FOREAR M LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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