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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,900
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 73 YOF FELL AT NH AND HIT TRASH CAN DX: CHEST AND L SHOLDER CONTUSION S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2010 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 83 Y/O F BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING TRASHCAN UPPER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 51YOF TRIPPED AND FELL HIT CHEST ON GARBAGE CAN DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 54YOF, SLIPPED WHILE THROWING HER GARBAGE IN THE DUMPSTER&FELL >>CHEST WALL MS/FACIAL CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2010 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 76 YOM INJURED RT. RIB CAGE WHILE EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN AT HOME. CONTUS ION, RIGHT RIB CAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 55 YOM BENT OVER TO PICK UP TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK ACUTE BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2010 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 79YOF FELL WHILE PICKIN UP TRASH CANS ONE WEEK AGO RIB FRACTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 64 YOM INJURED CHEST WALL FROM THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER. DX-ACUTE CHEST WALL PAIN, MUSCULOSKELETAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 51 Y/O F SLIPPED ON AN ORANGE PEEL AT A RESTRUANT AND FELL AGAINST A GA RBAGE CAN, C/O RIB PAIN. DX CONTUSION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2010 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 87YOF REACHING FOR SOMETHING IN AN EMPTY TRASH CAN & LEANED INTO THE TRASH CAN W/THE EDGE OF THE TRASH CAN PUSHING AGAINST HER RIBS DX PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 60 YOM PT C/O INJURY TO CHEST. PT WAS REACHING INTO A LARGE OUTDOOR TR ASH CAN AND SMASHED RIB AGAINST EDGE. CONTUSION CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2010 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 85 YOM REACHED ACROSS A DUMPSTER TO PICK UP A GARBAGE CAN SHORTLY AFTER HAD PAIN OVER R ANTERIOR THORAX DX: RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2010 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| DX CP - LIKELY CHEST WALL/HYPOTASSEMIA HYPOKALEMIA: 77YOM W/ FOCAL CP IN LOWER LS X 3WKS AFTER BENDING OVER TO GET SOMETHING OUT RECYCLER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials |
| 53YOF ADMITTED FOR FX TO RIB SHE SUSTAINED WHEN SHE WAS STANDING IN A BIN IN HER ATTIC WHEN IT BROKE CAUSING TO HER FALL ON THE FLOOR* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/21/2010 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 64YOM HIT RIBS AGAINST METAL DUMPSTER RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 55YOM FELL AND HIT CHEST CLIMBING IN TRASH DUMPSTER DX: CONTUSION TO CH EST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 52YOM CLIMBING INTO A DUMPSTER WHEN THE LID FELL ONTO HIS UPPER TORSO C ONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2010 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 59 YOM, LIFTING GARBAGE CAN BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 72 YOF, LIFTED GARBAGE CAN , BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2010 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 89YOF WAS EMPTYING TRASH AND HIT CHEST ON A DUMPSTER, CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 53 YOF PRESENT TO ER WITH INJURY TO LT RIB AREA AFTER SHE FELL IN BIN-D X- UPPER TRUNK CONTUSION ABRASION (RIB) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 69 Y.O. BLACK FEMALE TRYING TO GET A VALUABLE FROM TRASH DUMPSTER RESULTING IN CHEST WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 56 YOM INJURED THORACIC BACK FROM PULLING TRASH OUT OF CAN. DX-T12 SPINOUS PROCESS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 59 YOF, FELL INTO TRASH CAN, CONTUSION RIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2010 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| LEFT CHEST WALL CONT. 81 YOM FELL ON WASTE CAN IN BATHROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 68YF,TRIPPED AND FELL INTO TRASH CAN WHEN EMPTYING TRASH DX: CHEST CONT USION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT WAS LEANING OVER GARBAGE BOS AND FELT POP RIB CONTUSION 61YOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2010 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 61YOF TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK CHEST ON THE EDGE OF A GARBAGE CAN SUSTAI NED A CONTUSION TO RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 90YOM, LIFTED UP ON GARBAGE CAN, PAIN TO L RIBCAGE, SPASM TO RIB AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2010 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 54YR OLD FEMALE HAD GARBAGE CAN FALL ON HER CHEST C/O PAIN IN CHEST DX CONTUSION CHEST* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 73 YOF LIFTED HEAVY TRASH CAN; PAIN IN STERNUM. DX: STERNAL FX,CLINIC AL DX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CHEST WALL PAIN-58YOF-HIT SIDE OF DUMPSTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 62 YOF, CARRYING GARBAGE CAN, FELL ON ICE, BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| RIB CONTUSION.80YOF WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND SLIPPED ON ICE AND FEL L INTO TRASH CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2010 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| MULTIPLE RIB FXS.84YOF TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL ON ICE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/19/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 58 YO M, HX OF BACK COMP FXS, WAS THROWING AWAY TRASH IN DUMPSTER WHEN FELL OFF 2 FT LEDGE WHEN LOST BALANCE. DX:CHRONIC PAIN EXACERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| 62YOM GETTING CANS OUT OF A DUMPSTER WHILE INTOXICATED AND FELL ONTO C HEST RIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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