Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,441
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Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FAINTED IN A SUPERMARKET AND HIT HEAD ON A GARBAGE PAIL. DX. HEAD INJU RY, SYNCOPE.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HEAD ON DUMPSTER DX: SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL WHILE PIKCING UP GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. SLIPPED AND HIT FOREHEAD, KNEE, ELBOW. D: CHI, LACERATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM STRIKING HEAD ON A CERAMIC TRASH CAN SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DUMPSTER LID FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: 6.5 CM SCALP LAC, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL; HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN. LACERATION OF SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
68 YO F SUB ARACHNOID BLEED SCALP LACERATION PASSED OUT HIT HEAD ON WASTE CAN*
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT HEAD ON TRASH CAN LID AT HOME. DX. LAC HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONCUSSION W/ BRIEF LOC-UNWITNESSED FALL INTO GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME-LOC FO R A FEW MINUTES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT HAD A GROUND LEVEL FALL BACKWARDS WHILE WALKING UP AN INCLINE WITH A ROLLING BIN. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, RIGHT ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CHI-SCALP LAC-FELL WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE CANS W/ HUSBAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING DUMPSTER, HAD CP, GOT DIZZY, FELL, HIT HEAD ON GROUND, DX; SYNC OPE, CP, SCALP LAC., R/O CAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55 YO FEMALE FELL ON BOARDWALK AND HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN - ETOH CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GARBAGE CAN HIT PT IN BACK OF HEAD. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONT, .5 CM SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED OVER CURB, HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE WASTE CONTAINER/ BHT,CERVICAL S TRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2007	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: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INTOXICATED AND TRIPPED OVER TRASHCAN AND ABRADED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62 YO FEMALE TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN AND FELL CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT RECEIVED LACERATION TO HEAD WHEN GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH PLASTIC GARBAGE CAN WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON BIN. DX- MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OFF DUMPSTER, HIT HEAD DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PUSHING A TRASH CAN IN THE DRIVEYWAY, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEADONTO THE CAN THEN ONTO THE GROUND " CHI'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL CARRYING GARBAGE CANS LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
86 YOF FELL, STRUCK HEAD ON WOODEN TRASH BASKET THEN THE FLOOR - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONCUSSION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL IN DRIVEWAY AT HOME BRINGING UP TRASHCANS. DX SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DIZZY AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WASTEBASKET IN BATHROOM RESULTING IN HEM ATOMA TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE-NO LOC-REACHING FOR GARGBAGE CAN LID-FELL-HIT H EAD-IN DRIVEWAY @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A TASH CAN WHEN FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX: HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YO FELL OUT DUMPSTER STRUCK HEAD LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LOST BALANCE FELL HIT HEAD ON TRASH CAN -LOC SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHILE CARRYING TRASHCAN OUT FELL INTO TRASH CAN CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2007	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRYING TO CARRY HER TRASH CAN ON UNEVEN SIDEWALK AND FELL HITTING HEAD AND CONTUSING HEAD AND SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ONE CM SCALP LACERATION: HEAD CONTUSION: TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CANFELL, HIT HEAD ? L.O.C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER CAN IN BATHROOM & HIT FACE ON FLOOR. NO LOC. D:ESRD, EPISTAXIS, NASAL BONE FX, TIBIAL SPINE FX, CHI, NASAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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