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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,218
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| REACHININTO A METAL GARBAGE CAN, CUT FINGER ON THE LID >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2007 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS TAKING OUT A GARBAGE CAN AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT IND EX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT BROUGHT OUT THE GARBAGE AND HAD LAC TO L INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIGHT THUMB FX. PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 77 YOF CUT FINGER ON GARBAGE CAN LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| TRASH CAN LID CLOSED ON FINGER CONTUSION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FINGER SPRAIN-HIT GARBAGE CAN LID-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN AND CUT HAND ON UNKNOWN OBJECT AT HOME. DX-LACERATION RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT PUT TREE TRUNK IN GARBAGE,TRUNK FELL ON PT HAND WHILE HAND ON DUMPSTER,DX CRUSH INJURY R 3RD & 4TH FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Alcohol |
| 66 YOM WAS TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE CAN; HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL ALL DA Y; FELL TO GROUND. FRACTURE, RIGHT 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| R FING FLAP LAC/57YOF STS AT APPRAOX 6:30P, DOOR OF DUMPSTER CAME DOWN ON FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT C/O RT THUMB LAC WHEN PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN TRASH CAN. DX LAC RT THU MB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PATIENT CUT THUMB ON TRASH CAN. DX; 1.5 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2007 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS THROWING TRASH IN THE GARBAGE CAN AND WAS THROWING SOMETHING SHA RP IN THE TRASH SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2007 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CRUSHED FINGER IN A DUMPSTER LID " FX'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RT 5TH FINGER LACERATION-SUS SMALL CUT TO FINGER WHEN HE CUT IT ON A TR ASH CAN. BLEEDING CONTROLLED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 71 YOM, PT GOT FINGER CRUSHED IN A DUMPSTER. CAUSING LACERATION AND FRACTURE TO FINGER. DX: FRACTURE TO MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 2 DAYS AGO, PT CAUGHT FINGER IN DUMPSTER UNDER PLASTIC LID AND TWISTED. SWELLING. D: TENDON INJURY, FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers |
| LACERATION THUMB 2 CM: PUSHING A BAG DOWN IN GARBAGE CAN, CUT ON A TIN CAN TIN LID |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PUSHING TRASH IN TRASH CAN LEFT THUMB SKIN AVULSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 78YOF INJURED RT THUMB ON TRASH CAN LID WHILE THROWING AWAY TRASH DX - FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| FELL, DRUG BY TRASH CAN DX:FINGER FX,LAC,ABRASION, POSS. TENDON INJUR Y |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2007 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN TRASH CAN AT HOME TODAY DX// FX AND LAC RIGHT 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2007 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT SUSTAINED FINGER INJURY WHILE THROWING GARBAGE INTO A DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2007 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 82 YO INJURED FINGER ON TRASH CAN LAC FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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