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Accidents - Snow throwers/blowers - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 6,495
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:180
16-25 years old:265
26-50 years old:3,078
50+ years old:2,970

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:3,701Lower Trunk:601
Hand:366Wrist:309
Upper Trunk:264Face:206
Knee:184All Of Body:166
Shoulder:158Elbow:97
Foot:83Head:83
Upper Arm:68Ankle:66
Lower Leg:59Lower Arm:31
Eyeball:15Upper Leg:15
Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
SNOW BLOWING, TRIED TO UNPLUG BLOWER BY PULLING SNOW OUT WITH HAND/ OPEN FX RT 3RD DIGIT W/FLEXOR TENDON DYSFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 12/30/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
ATTEMPTED TO UNPLUG SNOWBLOWER AND FINGER CAUGHT OPEN FX TO FINGER TO O R
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/30/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
STUCK FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER OPEN FX TO LONG FINGER TO OR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
RT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT HAD USED SNOW BLOWER AND SOMETHING WENT INTO EYE AND NOW EYE IS RED AND SWOLLEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FX R FOOT/16YOM STS LAST EVENING OUTSIDE AT HOME, DROPPED "SNOW PLOW" O N FOOT. HURTS TO BEAR WEIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LEFT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KNEE WHEN USING A SNOW BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FX R 4TH FING TUFT/77YOM AT HOME PUT R HAND IN SNOWTHROWER AND INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LAC, PT STUCK HAND IN A SNOW BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE WAS CLEANING SNOW OUT OF HIS RUNNING SNOWTHROWER WHEN HE FX AND LACERATED HIS RT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LEFT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER PARTIAL AMPUTATION.PT INJURED FINGERS ON A SNOW BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FOUND FACE DOWN IN THE SNOW, HAD BEEN SNOWBLOWING/ CPR UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A SNOW BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FOREARM FX-FELL IN GARAGE-HIT SNOW BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
WORKING ON SNOW BLOWER TODAY. RT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
MUSCULAR CHEST PAIN - CHEST PAIN AFTER USING SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LAC AND FX TWO FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN IT AND PUT HAND IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PUSHED SNOWBLOWER YESTERDAY. RT WRIST INJURY-TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS USING SNOW BLOWER AND MACHINE WAS PUSHING AGAINST PT'S CHEST CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOWBLOWER LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
JAMMED A FINGER IN A SNOW BLOWER " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
67 YOM AMPUTATES TIPS OF 2 FINGERS IN SNOW BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FX AND LAC THREE FINGERS ON A SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
SNOW BLOWER ACCIDENT PARTIALLY AMPUTATION OF FINGER PUTTING HAND IN TO RELEASE OBSTRUCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO ELBOW - FALL OFF SNOW BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOW BLOWER , FRACTURING INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FEMUR FX-ALCOHOLISM-FELL WHIEL USING SNOW BLOWER-ETOH INVOLVED-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/08/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER LAC, PT STUCK FINGER INSIDE A SNOW BLOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LEFT OPEN FINGER LAC, PT PUT HAND IN SNOW BLOWER AND CUT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FINGER FX-INJURED ON AUGER OF SNOWBLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOWBLOWER WHEN HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO LEVERS CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Riding power lawn mowers
52YMC PUTTING SNOWBLOWER ON LAWNMOWER FELL OFF JACK ONTO HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SNOWBLOWING AND CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER C/OP AIN LEFT INDEX FINGER LAC ERIATON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOW BLOWER WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND IN IT CAUSING A FX AND LACERATION WITH NERVE INJURY TO HIS RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOWBLOWER WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND IN IT CAUSING A FX WITH LACERATION AND NERVE INVOLVEMENT TO HIS LT 2ND,3RD,AND 4TH FING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 11/30/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT CUT LEFT WRIST ON SNOW BLOWER C/OPAIN LEFT WRIST LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AMPUTATION L 3RD FINGERTIP; CAUGHT IN SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT DROPPED SNOW BLOWER ON LEFT HAND C/OPAIN LEFT HAND FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CHEST WALL PAIN-WHILE PULLING STARTER CORD ON SNOW BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
HAND STUCK IN SNOW BLOWER MACHINE " FINGER AMPUTATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON SNOW BLOWER C/O PAIN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT HAND STUCK IN SNOW BLOWER C/OP AIN RT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
SLIPPED WHILE RUNNING SNOWBLOWER AMPUTATION OF LONG AND RING FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2005Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT RT MIDDLE FINGER CHOPPED INTO SNOW BLOWER. IT HAD NEARLY TOOK EDGE OF FINGER. RT MIDDLE FINGER HANGING LOOSE FROM REST OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/24/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
MC FX-INJURED ON STARTER CORD ON SNOW BLOWER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
BENT DOWN BANGING F.HEAD ON SNOW BLOWER. ''LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Ceilings and walls
CARRYING A SNOWBLOWER AND ARM GOT PINNED BETWEEN SNOW BLOWER AND A WAL L AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUST CONTUSION TO RIBS SNOW BLOWER HIT PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
64YFC FELL IN GARAGE AND UPPER ARM STRUCK SNOWBLOWER/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT HAD A SNOW THROWER FALLEN ON FOOT SUSTAINED " FOOT FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT PUT HAND IN A SNOW BLOWER TO CLEAR CLOGGED SNOW, DID SO BEFORE IT'S COMPLETLY OFF, SUSTAINED" FINGERS,RT MID&RING FINGERS AMPUTATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/24/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT HAND GOT CUT WHILE CLEANING SNOW THROWER, SUSTAINED " RT HAND AVULSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Clothing accessories
USING SNOWBLOWER, GLOVE CAUGHT BY BLADE AND PULLED IN/ PARTIAL AMPUTATI ON RIF AND RMF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE FACE BY BEING STRUCK BY A PIECE OF WOO D HE WAS USING TO UNCLOG THE SNOWBLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUSTAINED A CRUSHING INJURY TO FINGER FROM A SNOW BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT AMPUTATED THE TIP OF A FINGER IN A SNOW BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AMPUTATED TWO FINGERS ON A SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT GLOVED HAND IN SNOWBLOWER AND PARTIALLY AMPUTATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT HAD 2 FINGERS OR RT HAND INJURED IN SNOW BLOWER RT MIDDLE AND INDEX FINGER FRACTURES WITH PARTIAL AVULSION OF NAIL BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT FINGERS IN SNOW BLOWERS DX: R 3RD & 4TH FINGER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT FINGER ON SNOW BLOWER DX: L 4TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LOW BACK PAIN - ONSET WHEN LIFTI NG SNOWBLOWER FROM BACK OF TRUCK - LOST HOLD AND WRENCHED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT. DEVELOPED BACK PAIN WHILE USING SNOWBLOWER. DX. LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT R FINGER STUCK IN SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT LACERATED FINGER ON SNOWBLOWER WHILE TRYING TO CLEAN MACHINE MACHINE WAS NOT RUNNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOWBLOWER WHEN HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE BL ADES CAUSING A FX TO HIS RT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FRACTURE ANKLE - PATIENT FELL ON ICE, TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE INWARD WHEN S NOWBLOWING AT HOME TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AMPUTATION FINGERS - PATIENT STUCK LEFT HAND IN RUNNING SNOWBLOWER - PA RTIAL AMPUTATION OF 3 FINGERS - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT INJURED WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE SNOW FROM A RUNNING SNOW BLOWER DX: AMPUTATION OF LR RING FINGER AND R MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AMPUTATION FINGERS - 53 YOM STUCK HIS LEFT HAND IN A SNOW BLOWER AND SU STAINED AMPUTATION OF THE TIPS OF LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CARDIAC ARREST: BLOWING SNOW AT HOME, CAME INTO HOUSE THEN COLLAPSED SQUAD CALLED, ASYSTOLE ON ARRIVAL, EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/28/2005Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND IN HIS SNOW BLOWER CAUSING A RT 3RD FINGERTIP AMPUTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS LIFTING A SNOW BLOWER INTO A TRUCK AND INJURED BAC K.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2005Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FRACTURE FINGER - 70 YOM FELL WHILE USING SNOW BLOWER ON DRIVEWAY INJUR ING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
43YMC FELL ONTO ELBOW WHILE SNOWBLOWING/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER FROM SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AVULSION,LACERATION TO TWO FINGERS CAUGHT IN SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
10 YO MALE GOT FINGER STUCK IN SNOW BLOWER OPEN FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND IN A SNOWBLOWER TO UNPLUG IT WHEN H E LACERATED HIS LT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FELL ON EXTENDED HAND WHILE SNOWBLOWING/ FX LT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
OPEN FX TO RT MIDDLE FINGER FROM SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LOW BACK PAIN AFTER SNOW BLOWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT FRACTURED A FINGER WHILE USING THE SNOW BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING DOWN RIGHT LEG AFTER SNOWBLOWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
TIP OF FINGER CUT OFF BY SNOWBLOWER BLADE/ FX, AMPUTATION DISTAL LMF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT HAD A SNOW BLOW SHOVEL,FALLEN ON WRIST, SUSTAINED "WRIST CRUSHING INJURY"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
WORKING ON SNOWBLOWER - DOG KNOCKED HIM INTO BLADE FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FX FINGER CATCHING HAND IN A SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PARTIALLY AMPUTATED TWO FINGERSW IN A SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT FINGER IN SNOW BLOWER DX: R 3RD FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
FX OF R 3RD, 4TH, 5TH FING/28YOM INJURED FINGERS AT HOME WHEN HE PUT HI S HAND INSIDE SNOWBLOWER TO CLEAR IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
REPORTS HURT FINGERS IN SNOWBLOWER FEW WKS AGO FINGERS HEALING WELL BUT LAST FEW DAYS R INDEX FNGR RED SWOLLEN D CELLULITIS R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SNOW BLOWING AND INJURED RT KNEE C/O PAIN RT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
TUFT FX L 2ND & 3RD FINGERS WITH HEMATOMA ON 3RD; REACHING INTO PLUGGED SNOWBLOWER CHUTE & GOT CAUGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT CUT L FINGER ON SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LOW BACK PAIN/40YOF STS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO PULLED BACK BY TAKING SNO WBLOWER OUT OF CELLAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WITH SHOULDER PAIN 2 DAYS AFTER STARTING SNOW BLOWER. D: BICIPITAL T ENDONITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LACERATION FINGER - 73 YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FI NGER AFTER STICKING HAND INSIDE A SNOW BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT INJURED HAND SNOW BLOWING SNOW C/O PAIN RT HAND FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2005Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
78 YOM WAS USING SNOWBLOWER AND NOW HAS NECK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT FELL WHILE SNOWBLOWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SLIPPED&FELL JAMMING A FINGER AGAINST GROUND WHILE SNOWBLOWING, SUST AINED" FINGER FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
R HAND INJ/23YOM STS SNOWBLOWER FELL ONTO R HAND YESTERDAY WHILE AT GRA NDFATHERS HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
45YMC CAUGHT FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
OPEN DISTAL PHALENGE FX L 3RD FING/77YOM AT HOME IN YARD STUCK L HAND I NTO A RUNNING SNOWBLOWER. CUT L 4TH FING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS TRYING TO FIX A SNOWBLOWER WHILE IT WAS RUNNING AND LACERATED FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
OUTSIDE SNOWBLOWING AND COLLAPSED AND HAD A STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS LIFTING SNOWBLOWER INTO PICKUP TRUCK AND DEVELOPED SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CUT FINGER TIP IN SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS USING SNOWBLOWER AND INJURED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAUGHT TWO FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER AND PARTIALLY AMPUTATED THEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS SNOWBLOWING AND FELL INJURING WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
HIT LEG WITH SNOW BLOWER DX: R CALF LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Clothing accessories
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - 22 YOM WAS OPERATING A GAS POWERED SNOW BLOWER AND P UT HIS WET, GLOVED RIGHT HAND ON THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH, WAS SHOCKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT FELL OFF BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK HITTING HEAD ON A SNOW BLOWER, SUSTAI NED" FOREHEAD LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LACERATION FINGER - 39 YOM GOT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT IN A SNOWB LOWER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUST AMPUTATION TO FINGER USING SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUST AMPUTATION TO FINGER FROM SNOW BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AMPUTATED THREE FINGERS IN A SNOWBLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND IN SNOWBLOWER CAUSING FX TO HIS LT 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A KNEE FROM BEING STRUCK BY A SNOW BLOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PUT HAND IN SNOW BLOWER THAT WAS TURNED OFF DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC. / HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT LACERATED HAND ON A SNOWBLOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2005Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT HAND CAUGHT IN SNOW BLOWER , AMPUTATED TIP OF TWO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
LEFT SHOULDER DIS. PT WAS DRIVING A SNOW BLOWER AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
HAND CAUGHT IN SNOWBLOWER AND AMPUTATED TWO FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Rope or string
RIGHT ELBOW PAIN. PT WAS PULLING ON A SNOW BLOWER WITH A ROPE AND INJUR ED ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
SLIPPED AND HIT CHEST ON SNOWBLOWER HANDLE CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
37YFC C/O LOW BACK PAIN STARTING SNOWBLOWER/STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
AMPUTATION RT 5TH FINGER AFTER USING SNOW BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT CAUGHT HAND IN SNOWBLOWER LAST WEEK, SUSTAINED FX TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT PUSHING SNOW BLOWER AND INJURED LOWER BACK C/O PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
SYNCOPE VISO-VAGAL ATTACK - PATIENT HAD BEEN SNOWBLOWING - HE HAD COLD HANDS AND THEN HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE - LOST CONSCIOUSNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2005Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
SLIPPED & FELL WHILE SNOWBLOWING. ACUTE RT KNEE CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SNOWBLOWING TODAY AND INJURED RT WRIST C/O PAIN RT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT GOT RT 4TH FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOW BLOWER TODAY C/O PAIN RT 4TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS USING A SNOWBLOWER AT HOME AND PUT HAND BY BLADE CAUSING A RT IN DEX FINGER FX AND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT LOST BALANCE PUTTING AWAY SNOW BLOWER AND HIT NOSE ON IT C/O PAIN NA SAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT USING SNOW BLOWER AND INJURED LOWER BACK C/O PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
WORKING ON SNOWBLOWER & INJURED FINGER. SUBACUTE HEMATOMA LMF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
INJ BACK LIFTING SNOW BLOWER AND STRAINED IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Screwdrivers
USING SCREWDRIVER TO DISLODGE SNOW FROM SNOW BLOWER, SNOW CAME FREE & B LADE TURNED. ACUTE TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION TIP LMF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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