Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,540
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	156
Year 1998:	150
Year 1999:	235
Year 2000:	103
Year 2001:	270
Year 2002:	268
Year 2003:	384
Year 2004:	149
Year 2005:	205
Year 2006:	461
Year 2007:	186
Year 2008:	319
Year 2009:	487
Year 2010:	159

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/12/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
56 YOF INJURED KNEE MOVING A GARBAGE CAN. DX: R KNEE INTERNAL DERANGEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
68 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER A TRIP AND FALL TODAY AT HOME HITTING KNEE O N TRASH CAN- DX- CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO KNEE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
66 YOF SUS KNEE STRAIN WHILE PULLING HER GARBAGE PAIL%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
62 YOF FELL LANDING ON GARBAGE CAN 3 DAYS AGO. DX: KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL TAKING OUT GARBAGE 55 YO F FRACTURE R PATELLA #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
85 YOF TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN AND FELL. DX KNEE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
64 YOF KNEE CONTUSION CERVACALGIA , FELL INSIDE THE HOSPITAL AND HIT HE R R KNEE AND CHIN ON TRASH CAN, NO LOC NO LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
66YOF KNEE PAIN S/P TRIPPED OVER TRASHCAN AND FELL DX: KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Day wear
90 YOF WAS POURING GREASE INTO A GARBAGE CAN AND SOME OF THE GREASE SPI LLED ON HER RIGHT PANT LEG. 2ND DEGREE BURN, LESS THAN 1% RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
57YO WHITE FEMALE TAKING TRASH CAN OUT,WHEELS LOCKED UP,PT TRIPPED FELL,DX PROXIMAL FIBULA FRACTURE, ANKLE & KNEE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION KNEE: 89YOF VISITING PT IN LOCAL HOSPITAL, GOING TO BATHROOM TRIPPED OVER A BIN, FELL ON FLOOR DIRECTLY ON KNEE, C/O RT KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT @ DUMP, SCRAPED KNEE BETWEEN DUMPSTER & CAR DX;; INFECTED ABRASION (R) KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND TRIPPED OVER THE CAN FFELL ONTO LEFT KNEE O N THE CONCRETE CONTUSION TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WALKING ACROSS LAWN TO PUT THE RECYCLING BIN OUT TO THE CURB LEFT PATELLAR RUPTURED TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT MOVING SOME GARBAGE CANS AND LEANED OVER AND FELL TO THE GOUND DISLO CATED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BIL KNEE ABR. PT WAS PULLING OUT TRASH CAN WHEN SHE WAS STARTLED BY A S QUIRREL AND FELL TO BOTH KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
52YOM WAS PUSHING A DUMPSTER AT HOME,FELT PAIN IN LT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN PULLING OUT TRASH CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
IN CAFETERIA DISPOSING OF HER TRASH IN CAN,COUGHING SO HARD SHE FELL OV ER AND SPRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT KNEE PAIN FROM HITTING KNEE ON GARBAGE CAN. DX-ACUTE KNEE PAIN, PATELLA BURSITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS THROWING TRASH INTO A DUMPSTER AND STRUCK KNEE AGAINST THE DUM PSTER CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
C/O KNEE PAIN, FELL AND HURT LEFT KNEE PUSHING GARBAGE CAN SLIPPED AND FELL. DX-FRACTURE PATELLA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
71 YO FEMALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED INTO TRASH CAN SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TWISTED WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A DUMPSTER. DX: L KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TWISTED AND INJ RT KNEE WHILE TAKING OUT GARBAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND FELL. DX; KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CARRYING A GARBAGE CAN DOWN HER DRIVEWAY AND SUSTAINED A LACERAT ION TO LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
61YOF WAS HOME CLEANING,TRIPPED OVER TRASH CAN,WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS, KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX CONTUSION TO KNEES: TRIPPED TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN SLIPPING OFF SIDEWALK WHEN PUTTING TRAS H CANS AWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT A TRASH CAN AND TWISTED KINEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT KNEE STRAIN; TRIPPED PUTTING YARD WASTE BIN OUT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
86YOM FELL IN YARD HIT HEAD ON GARBAGE CAN SCALP LAC CONT BOTH KNEES A BRASION L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT SELF ON TRASH CAN DOING YARD WORK AT HOME DX:KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL INTO TRASH CAN WHILE USING A WALKER CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BIL KNEE CONT. PT FELL TO KNEES MOVING A TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TURNED TO THROW SOMETHING INTO TRASH CAN AND TWISTED KNEE. DX: R KNEE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND TRIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE STRAIN KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
INJURED PUSHING TRASH CAN DX: CONTUSION KNEE & ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TWISTED AND FELL OUTSIDE AT HOME CRASHING INTO GARBAGE CAN SUST INJ OT L KNEE DX HEADACHE L KNEE CONTUSION TRAPEZIUS SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TWISTED KNEE XARRYING TRASH KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED INTO GARBAGE DUMPSTER YESTERDAY. DX: R KNEE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING GARBAGE CONTAINER OUT INTO STREET AND FELL OVER CURB, NO LOC DX: L KNEE CONTU W/ JOINT EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS RETRIEVING HER GARBAGE CAN FROM THE END OF HER DRIVEWAY AND FELL OFF THE CURB STRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LEFT KNEE STRAIN: ROLLING GARBAGE CAN OUT TO CURB AND TWISTED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHILE TAKING OUT TRASH CAN. CT/SOFT TISSUE INJURY RT KNEE/LT SHOUL DER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
JUMPED ON DUMPSTER TO REMOVED GARBAGE CAN, HURT R KNEE DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT WAS TAKING OUT A GARBAGE CAN AND FELL AND HIT KNEE ON CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE SPR. PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND SPRAINED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OFF WASTE BASKET DX. KNEE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/22/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT FELL OVER A TRASH CAN AND HIT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TURNED TO GO INTO HOUSE, KNEE GAVE OUT AND FELL INTO TRASH CAN AT HOME. DX; KNEE SPRAIN, SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FRACTURE KNEE - 58 YOM WAS PULLING A TRASH CAN ACROSS THE STREET WHEN H E WAS STRUCK BY A CAR, THROWN UP ONTO THE HOOD, INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT KNEE STRAIN.PT WAS PULLING A TRASH CAN AND FELT A POP IN KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE SPRAIN-PT FELL ON SIDEWALK WHILE PUSHING THE TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX RIGHT KNEE FRACTURE: RECYCLE BIN FELL AND PT TRIPPED, FALLING INTO IT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT KNEE SPRAIN.PT WAS TAKING OUT THE TRASH CAN AND SLIPPED AND TWISTED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE STR. PT INJURED KNEE WHEN CARRYING OUT TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Decorative yard equipment
PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND TRIPPED OVER A DECORATIVE WISHING WELL LANDING ON KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE CONTUSION. PT USING A GARBAGE CAN AS A WALKER AND SLIPPED, INJURING KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TWISTED KNEE JUMPING OFF GARBAGE CAN DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Glass bottles or jars
CUT KNEE ON A BROKEN GLASS JAR IN THE GARBAGE BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL THIS A.M. ONTO BOTH KNEES. WHILE PUSHING GARBAGE CANS. DX: (R) KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL CARRYING TRASH BASKET DX. PATELLA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING TRASH OUT WHEN TRASH CAN ROLLED. PT LOST FOOTING & FELL. INJURYING HANDS & KNESS. DX: KNEE & HAND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING THE GARBAGE OUT WAS CUT BY SOMETHING? RT KNEE. SIMPLE RT KNEE LA C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED OVER GARBAGE CAN LID. DX: BILAT KNEE CONT, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Decorative yard equipment
WHILE DRAGGING TRASHCAN, TRIPPED ON BRICK STEP,FELL AGAINST MAIL POST,T HEN INTO PLANTER. DX: STRAIN/ CONTUSION RT. KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT KNEE CONTUSION.PT STEPPED ON A TRASH CAN LID AND LID CAME UP AND H IT PT IN KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2001	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2001	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2001	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2001	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2001	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2001	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2001	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2000	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2000	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2000	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/1999	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/1999	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/1999	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/1999	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/1998	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/1998	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/1998	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/1998	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/1997	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/1997	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/1997	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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