12YOM WHO PRESENTED WITH A FINGER FRACTURE AND LACERATION. PATIENT WAS HELPING HIS FAMILY THROW AWAY A MATTRESS INTO A DUMPSTER WHEN HE JAMMED HIS FINGER IN THE DUMPSTER LID. DX: INJURY OF FINGER OF RIGHT HAND, OPEN FRACTURE OF TUFT OF DISTAL PHALANX OF FINGER, LACERATION OF NAIL BED OF FINGER.
Date: 12/26/2025
Category: packaging and containers
Product: WASTE CONTAINERS, TRASH BASKETS OR REFUS
Products involved: MATTRESSES, NOT SPECIFIED; WASTE CONTAINERS, TRASH BASKETS OR REFUS
Diagnosis: Fracture
Body part: Finger
Location: Not Recorded