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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,430
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE AND FELL STRIKING FACE ON THE GARBAGE CAN SUS TAINED A LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 76 YOM WAS TAKING OUT GARBAGE CANS, LOST HIS BALANCE, HIT HIS HEAD SUSTAINING A LACERATION ABOVE HIS LEFT EYE. DX-FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Stairs or steps |
| 78 YOF WAS TAKING OUT SOME TRASH, SLIPPED ON A STEP AND FELL HITTING THE STEP CUTTING THE LT EYEBROW AREA. DX-FOREHEAD LACERATION, BL. HD TR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FACIAL FX.PT FELL IN TO A TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/21/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE CARRYING TRASH CAN AND HIT NOSE ON LID. C/O NOSTRIL PAIN AND SWELLING. D: FACIAL LACERATION, ARM HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LOST BALANCE AND FELL AND HIT CHIN ON WASTEB ASKET LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FOREHEAD LAC, PT ROLLED ANKLE AND FELL HITTING TRASH CAN IN HOTEL ROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 83 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND FELL FRACTURE RIGHT ORBIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FACIAL CONTUSION.PT FELL. AND HIT HEAD ON A TRASHCAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT DRAGGING TRASH CAN TO CURB AND FELL RESULTING IN LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT BRINGING IN ROLLING GARBAGE CAN AT HOME CAN FELL AND THEN PT FELL IN JURED FACE DX// FACIAL CONTUSION AND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Beds or bedframes |
| FELL FROM BED, HIT TRASH CAN/FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX RIGHT FACIAL ABRASION: FELL AND HIT FACE ON YARD WASTE CAN AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN LAC R FACE FACE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| ~PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL AT STORE INTO BIN. DX; FRACTURE TO ORBIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUSHING BIG WHEELED OUTDOOR GARBAGE CAN, FILLED C GARDENING WASTES, ROL LED BACK HITTING F.HEAD " LAC'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT RECEIVED CUT TO FORHEAD AND SMASHED FINGER WHEN TAKING OUT GARBAGE AT HOME GOT DIZZY AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 76 YOF PUSH LARGE GARBAGE CAN FELL FX NASAL BONE/HEMATOMA FORHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT EYEBROW LAC, PT CUT FACE WHEN FALLING WITH A TRASH CAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FELL ON TRASH CAN LID. DX: FACIAL LAC 7 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 52 YOM LAC FOREHEAD STRUCH HEAD ON GARBAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT WAS PUSHING GARBAGE CAN, TRIPPED & FELL FORWARD C/O RT WRIST & LT FOREHEAD PAIN. DX - WRIST FRACTURE, FOREHEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN COVER WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH, LACERATIO N TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT TRIPPED OVER HER GARBAGE CAN IN HER GARAGE AND STRUCK NOSE FRACTURE D NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers |
| PT FELL WHILE MOVING GARBAGE CAN ON DOLLY. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 2 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED, HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT GOT UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND LOST BALANCE STRIKING FACE ON A PLA STIC TRASH CAN LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 88 YO F LACERRATION TO FOREHEAD SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL WHILE TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LAC & ABRAS FACE; OUTSIDE OF HOME, WALKED AROUND A COUPLE TRASHCANS @ C URBSIDE & TRIPPED ON CURB & FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN/FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Eyeglasses |
| LAC L EYEBROW; STATES ATTEMPTIKNG TO TAKE DUMPSTER BACK TO HOUSE FROM C URB, WHEEL LOCKED & PT FELL ON DUMPSTER, GLASSES GOUGED BROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT HIT NOSE WITH A GARBAGE CAN AND LACERATED NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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