Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,065
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Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
53 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PAIN TO (L) RIB AND ABDOMEN WHEN GOT OUT OF TRUCK TO MOVE GARBAGE TRUCK WENT INTO REVERSE PINED HIM BTW DOOR AND CARPORT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Tables
65 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL OVER TRASH CAN INTO TABLE CONTUSION RIGHT CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST WALL PAIN - 86 YOF C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER FALL S/P TAKING TRASH CAN OUT YESTERDAY, DID HAVE SOME PAIN RIGHT BACK AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
AT 1230 TODAY WAS PEELING POTATOES @ HOME, STOOD UP & FELL BACKWARDS & STRUCK HEAD ON TRASH CAN, NAUSEA/DIAPHORETIC/WOOZY. DX MYOCARD INFARC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRASH CAN FELL ON PATIENT DX: T12 & L2 COMPRESSION FRACTURE, CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS BIL LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AND FELL, R3SULTING IN CONTUSION TO HE R CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 64 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIT CHEST ON DUMPSTER YESTERDAY DX: CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN CARRYING GARBAGE CAN OUT DX. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES - 79 YOM FELL WHILE EMPTYING THE TRASH, HAS MULT IPLE RIB FRACTURES AND IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN OUT DX. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Furniture
PT RAMMED INTO DUMPSTER WHEN MOVING FURNITURE CAUSING INJ TO CHEST DX:CHESTWALL STRAIN/PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. HIT HER RIBCAGE ON A TRASH BIN CONTUSION RIBCAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
67 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT SELF INTO PIECE OF METAL OFF DUMPSTER WHEN PUTTING OUT TRASH AT HOME DX:RIB BRUISES/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
80 Y OF R RIB PAIN AFTER FALLING, HITTING RIBS ON GARBAGE CAN. DX RIB F RACTURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT. BECAME DIZZY AND PASSED OUT - FELL AGAINST WOODEN TRASH CAN AND FRACTURED TWO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 76 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CLINICAL RIB FX-FELL ONTO A WASTE BASKET-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIB FRACTURES.PT PULLED IN A TRASH CAN AND FELL AND STRUCK CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS MOVING DUMPSTER WHICH FELL ON HIM 2 DAYS AGO. DX: R RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHEST WALL CONTUSION AFTER TRYING TO CLIMB INTO A DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUS L CHEST; SLIPPED & HIT SIDE ON DUMPSTER, L RIB AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2003	Age: 71 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN 3 DAYS PRIOR CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2003	Age: 69 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: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL FROM GARBAGE CAN ONTO LOG. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
L RIB PAIN/STRAIN; PAIN NOTED WHILE PULLING TRASHCAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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