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Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 298
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Date: 12/25/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUS LAC TO LOWER LEG FROM GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT LOWER LEG STRAIN.PT LIFTED A DUMPSTER LID AND LIFTING UP ON LOWER LE G AND THEN HAD PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL HIT LEG ON A TRASH CAN LEG PAIN SWELLING REDNESS CELLULITIS RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds or bedframes
PT LAC RT LOW LEG ON METAL TRASH CAN WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING TRASH IN TRASH CAN; RAN STICK IN LEFT SHIN. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEF T SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2006Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Motorized vehicles
STRUCK SHIN ON A TRASH CAN RIDING ON HER RIDING POWER CHAIR. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2006Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT LEG ON GLASS STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE CAN " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT LOWER EXT LAC, PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH AND CUT LEG ON CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LAC LEG ON GLASS IN TRASH CAN TAKING OUT TRASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2006Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LEFT LOWER LEG FRACTURE: FELL TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT TO CURB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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