Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,831
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Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT LIFTED A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
85 YOM WAS BRINGING UP RECYCLING CANS FELT DIZZY AND FELL DOWN HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
85 YO F HIP PAIN , EMPTYING TRASH CAN FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER PT CAUSI NG PT TO FALL, PT WAS ADMITTED AMBULATORY DYSFUNCTION*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LWOBS: BACK PAIN; BACK INJ (FELL/METAL DUMPSTER) X 1WK
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OVER GARBGAGE CAN AT ADULT FAMILY HOME WHEN LEG GAVE OUT. DX: R HIP/KNEE CONT, CHEST WALL CONT, TIA, L LEG NUMBNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL MOVING TRASH CAN, DX; HIP CONTUSSIONN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY: 3WKS AGO BENT OVER TO LIFT GARBAGE LID & FELT POP IN BACK. SIMILAR SX IN APRIL W PT WAS REFERRED TO PT--TRIED PT EX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING DOWN HER TRASH CAN AT HOME AND FELL ONTO LEFT HIP FRACTURED H IP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS STOMPING LEAVES IN GARBAGE CAN AND FELL OUT. DX: L BUTTOCK PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH HIP DISLOCATION WHILE PUTTING SOMETHING IN TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TODAY PICKING UP TRASH CAN DX; LPB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
52 YO FELL STRINKING BACK ON GARBAGE CAN CONTUSION BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED LOWER BACK WHEN LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN LID. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT PICKED UP A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT C/O OF LOW BACK PAIN S/P LIFTING HER GARBAGE CAN THIS MORNING. SIMIL AR TO A PREVIOUS EPISODE. D:SCIATICA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN TO BACK AFTER LIFTING TRASH CAN DX: BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
67 YO FEMALE FELL OVER TRASH CANS ONTO HIP FRACTURE HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN-BENT OVER WHILE PUTTING TRASH INTO GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT BRINGING IN HIS GARBAGE CANS TO GET READY FOR THE STORM AND FELL ON TO LEFT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIP STR. PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL OVER A LARGE ROCK IN YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT BENDING OVER TO LIFT UP GARBAGE WHEN FELT SHARP PAINS IN BACK. D:LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRYING TO CRUSH/COMPACT TRASH WHEN FELL FROM TRASH CAN AND LANDED ON BUTTOCKS. D:CONTUSION, BUTTOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT ABD STR. PT STRAINED ABD WHEN MOVING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL, HIT PLASTIC TRASH CAN, DX; BHT, LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX L FERMORAL NECK FX: S/P FALL RELATED TO L HIP PAIN AFTER TRYING TO PUSH A GARBAGE CAN AWAY APPROX 1 WK AGO: ONSET PAIN TODAY WALK'G STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING DOWN HIS TRASH CAN FOR PICKUP AND TRIPPED AND FELL TO THE PAV EMENT SUSTAINED A RIGHT HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LIH VS STRAIN: C/O L INGIUNAL PAIN SINCE FRIDAY. ATTEMPT'G TO LOAD 150LB CONTAINER FILLED W YARD WASTE ONTO THE BACK OF HIS SUV
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BAK WHEN MOVING TRASH CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE PAIL. DX- STRAIN L HIP #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HERNIA/81YOM STS AT HOME WAS LIFTING A RECYCLING CAN AND FELT A HERNIA PROTRUDING IN L LOWER ABDOMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LARGE YARD WASTE BIN FELL ONTO PT. DX: MINIMALLY DISPLACED R OBTURATOR RING FX, R SACRAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS MOVING THE GARBAGE CAN WHEN SHE FELL AND HEARD A POP IN R LEG. DX. R FEMORAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN-LIFTED GARBAGE CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL CARRYING TRASH CAN- SPR BACK
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIPPED FELL TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT FRACTURE RIGHT HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIP FX. PT FELL WHEN PULLING ON TRASH CANS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK PULLING ON TRASH CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS STRUCK BY A DUMPSTER DOOR AND SUSTAINED BLOOD IN URINE. DX: HEMA TURIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
4 DAYS AGO, PT AMBULATING AT HOME WHEN TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN & FELL LA NDING ON HIP. WORSENING PAIN. D: HIP F X, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT RECEIVED CONTUSION TO HIP WHEN TRYING TO MOVE GARBAGE CAN AT HOME TRIPPED AND LANDED ON HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT HIT WITH GARBAGE CAN FELL/FX HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WITH LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING TO LEG. ONSET OF PAIN AFTER LIFTING LID ON LARGE DUMPSTER. D:SCIATICA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT HIP FX. PT FELL ON ICE WHEN PULLING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HIP FX . PT FELL WHEN CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TURNED WHILE PULLING A LARGE GARBAGE BIN. DX: R GROIN STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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