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

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,644
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	179
Year 1998:	207
Year 1999:	208
Year 2000:	103
Year 2001:	296
Year 2002:	143
Year 2003:	465
Year 2004:	95
Year 2005:	319
Year 2006:	271
Year 2007:	904
Year 2008:	403
Year 2009:	634
Year 2010:	412

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2010	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55 YOM C/O FOREARM PAIN, DUMPSTER FELL ON LEFT FOREARM. DX-FX FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2010	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
91YOF TOOK GARBAGE CAN OUT SIDE AND FELL FX LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/12/2010	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
94YOWF PT WAS PUSHING GARBAGE CAN, FELL FORWARD INTO CAN ON SIDE AT HO ME. DX. ABRA R FA, L FA AND SHOULDER., SKIN TEARS ON FOREARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
87YOF DIGGING IN DUMPSTER, CUT HER ARM ON DUMPSTER DX. LAC. FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2010	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
82 YOM-PT STATES YESTERDAY A TRASH CAN LID FELL ON R FOREARM-PT TAKES W ARFARIN/**** DX SUPERFICIAL R FOREARM LAC *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
63 Y/O MALE PUSHING DOWN TRASH IN METAL TRASH CAN AND CUT ARM ON THE LID.DX 10 CM DEEP LAC DORSAL R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/08/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
78 Y/O W/M CUT FOREARM WHEN PUTTING SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN AND SOMETHING IN CAN CUT ARM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CARRYING GARBAGE CAN. DX-FRACTURE L ULNA #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
76YO WHITE FEMALE TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN & FELL ON L WRIST AT NURSING FACILITY, DX FRACTURE DISTAL RADIUS - ULNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CUT ARM ON A GARBAGE CAN LID. DX. FOREARM LACERATION, HYPERTENSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LOW BACK PAIN: SAYS HAD A FALL INTO A TRASH CAN WHEN PICKING UP TRASH, BRUISED DORSAL FOREARMS, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN NURSING HOME WHILE TRYING TO GET TO GARBAGE CAN, LACERATION TO ARM, PT IS 100 YRS OLD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
63 YO F ABSCESS TO FOREARM SM CUT 3 WEEKS AGO HAS REPEATEDLY HIT ON TRA SH CAN AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RADIUS FX-FELL ON ARM IN DUMPSTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT LOWER ARM CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT RADIAL FX. PT WAS PICKING UP HEAVY TRASH CAN AND INJURED ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE GARBAGE CAN, DX: LAC TO FOR ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Fences or fence posts
71YOF, TAKING METAL GARBAGE CAN OUT FELLO ON FENCE WRIST AND SHOULDER P AIN, LACERATION LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
58 YOF WAS THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER AND SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO RIGH T FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT ULNA FX.PT WAS TAKING OUT TRASH CAN AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREARM FX FALLING OFF GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS TAKING GARBAGE TO THE DUMPSTER WHEN SLIPPED LANDING ON RIGHT WRIST. DX: IMPACTED NONDISPLACED DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT INJURED ARM WHEN SHE HIT IT ON A DUMPSTER. DX: HEMATOMA RIGHT ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN CARRYING GARBAGE TO THROW INTO A DU MPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
57YOM THROWING AWAY SOMETHING IN GARBAGE CAN AT HOME,STRUCK FOREARM; FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PICKING UP TRASH CAN&LID FELL OFF,PT TIPPED CAN OVER & FELL INTO CAN,HI TTING ARM ON SIDE OF CAN DX: ARM ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREARM LAC-CUT ON TRASH CAN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE FOREARM BY FALLING AGAINST A RECYCLING BIN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS DUMPSTER DIVING WHEN HE FELL ON SOME GLASS IN DUMPSTER. D: ARM L ACERATION, NEAR SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
C/O HAND PAIN, FELL PUSHING A LARGE TRASH CAN. DX-BILATERAL RADIUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS DRAGGING A TRASH CAN, TO ER WITH ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OUT THE TRASH AND DRAGGED LOWER ARM ACROSS THE TOP OF THE DUM PSTER LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS PUSHING TRASH DOWN INTO HIS GARBAGE CAN AND THERE WAS GLASS IN T HERE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL OVER TRASJ CAN LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX RADIUS, WAS AT HOME PULLING DUMPSTER ACROSS ICEY PATCH, FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
65YOF WAS WALKING PAST A GARBAGE CAN,ACCIDENTLY CUT FOREARM,WHILE AT HOME;ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
55 YOF FELL INTO DUMPSTER CONTUISON FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
EMPTYING GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, GOT STUNG IN LOWER ARM BY WASP. DX; INSE CT STING WASP FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GARBAGE TOTE FULL FX L RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL CARRYING GARBAGE CAN OUT/RADIUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL INTO A TRASH CAN AND CUT ARM LACERATION LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OVER GARBAGE CAN. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX, COMMINUTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING GARBAGE IN THE TRASH CAN AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM ON A PIECE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
P WALKING HIS GARBAGE CAN OUT TO THE ROAD AND FELL FRACTURED RIGHT LOWE R ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RIGHT ARM LAC, PT WAS THROWING TRASH INTO DUMPSTER AND CUT ARM ON A PIE CE OF SHEET METAL THAT WAS INSIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
GOT HIT IN ARM WITH TRASH CAN DX: ARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL AND STRUCK WRIST/HAND ON TRASH CAN. D:ULNA STYLOID FX, DISTAL R ADIUS FX, LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING OT TRASH WHEN DUMPSTER LID FELL ON ARM LAC LT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RADIUS FX-CARRYING TRASH CAN-FELL INTO DITCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TRIPPED OVER WASTE PAPER BASKET AND LANDED ON ARM. D: FOREARM FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT HAD SAME HEIGHT FALL, PULLING UP GARBAGE CAN, FELL, C/O WRIST AND THUMB PAIN. DX-FRACTURE RADIUS, ULNA, THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CAUGHT ARM ON SIDE OF DUMPSTER LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT WAS CUT ON GARBAGE CAN. DX: R FOREARM SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRYING TO KICK A DENT OUT OF GARBAGE CAN AND FELL FRACTURE RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL INTO PLASTIC TRASH CAN LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND FELL ON TO A T RASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Alcohol
HOMELESS PT, DRINKING ETOH BEHIND DUMPSTER, WHEN DUMPSTER LID FELL ON W RIST. ALSO USED COCAINE LAST NIGHT. D: ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREARM FX-CARRYING GARBAGE CAN TO THE STREET-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TAKING TRASH OUTSIDE, FELL, C/O ABRASION R HAND, PALM, ARM, HIP AND SHOULDER, DX; SKIN TEAR, ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT STATES SCRAPED ARM ON A DUMPSTER 5 DAYS AGO DX R FOREARM ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
71 Y/O M INJURED L FOREARM WHILE MOVING TRASH CANS AT HOME. DX; L FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION FOREARM - 52 YOF C/O RIGHT FOREARM PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY FALLING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CUT BY GLASS IN GARBAGE CAN; LAC ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED & FELL OVER WASTEBASKET DX L FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STATES SHE TRIPPED AND FELL ON TRASH CAN DX LT LOWER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SLIPPED AND FELL PICKING UP GARBAGE CAN. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FOREARM AB-INJURED ON A GARBAGE CAN LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT SUST STRAIN TO ARM LIFTING GARBAGE CAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX ABRASION LEFT ARM: TAKING OUT TRASH TO PUT IN GARBAGE CAN, FELL AND HIT ARM ON CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT CARRYING A HEAVY GARBAGE CAN WHEN SHE FELL FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FX R RADIUS; CAUGHT IN HANDLE OF FALLING DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING FOREARM ON WASTEBASKET AND PELVIS ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TOOK OUT GARBAGE 1 HOUR AGO. ACUTE LT RADIAL/ULNAR WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SLIPPED & FELL WHILE PULLING TRASH CAN RADIAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
51 YOF WAS A RESTRAINED PASSENGER INVOLVED IN MVA WHEN CAR HIT A DUMPS TER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONTUSION, RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM: CUT ARM ON EDGE OF TRASH CAN AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HOMELESS PT LACERATED FOREARM WHILE "DUMPSTER DIVING". +ETOH. D: FOREAR M LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIP & FALL ARM STRUCK TRASH CAN FOOT INJURY FOREARM SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SCRAPED ARM ON INSIDE OF DUMPSTER REACHING IN FOR SOMETHING;FOLLICULITI S NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT LACERATED FOREARM ON A DUMPSTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUSHING TRASH DOWN IN GARBAGE CAN, SUSTAINED LAC TO LT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
RT FOREARM LACERATION.PT WAS CLEANING THE TRASH CAN AND LACERATED FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2001	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2001	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2001	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2001	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2001	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2000	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2000	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2000	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2000	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2000	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/1999	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1999	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/1999	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/1999	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/1999	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/1999	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/1998	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/1998	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/1998	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/1997	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/1997	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/1997	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/1997	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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