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Accidents - Snow throwers/blowers - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 790
See also: Lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2003:16
Year 2004:86
Year 2005:166
Year 2007:141
Year 2008:238
Year 2009:141
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:95
26-50 years old:111
50+ years old:583

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/12/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
77YOM OUTDOORS BLOWING SNOW FROM SIDEWALK, COLLAPSED & WAS BROUGHT TO E R UNRESPONSIVE DX: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION, UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/04/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
ELECTRICAL SHOCK WHILE STARTING SNOWBLOWER, FELL AND INJURED BACK/ ELECTRICAL SHOCK, LUMBAR SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
19 YOM HAS CHEST PAIN AFTER TUNING UP SNOW BLOWER AND EXPOSED TO FUMES - ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Carbon monoxide poisonings
IN GARAGE FOR 45 MIN RUNNING SNOWBLOWER TO BURN OFF GAS AND DEVELOPED CO POISONING--TRANSF TO HYPERBARIC CHAMBER,DIZZY,WEAK
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/10/2008Age: 84 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOW BLOWER, HAD A SCOPLE EVENT, DIGANOSIS SYCOPLE EVENT, POST TRAMA FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAME INSIDE JUST AFTER SNOWBLOWING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/14/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Tablet or capsule drugs
BIB EMS RTS BEING STRUCK BY A SNOW BLOW, ABO, BAC=0.140, ALSO ON *** , INR FD TO BE 4.14>> ETOH INTOX/ELEVATED INR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2007Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
ONSET OF CHEST PAIN , WAS SNOWBLOWING 1 1/2 HOURS PRIOR/ ACUTE CORONAR Y SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/02/2007Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
41 YOM DEVELOPED WEAKNESS AND SOB WHILE USING SNOWBLOWER -HYPERTENSION, HYPOKALEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT SUFFERED SYNCOPE EPISODE WHILE USING A SNOW BLOWER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


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: 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: 01/23/2005Age: 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: 01/08/2005Age: 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: 01/28/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
PT WAS USING SNOWBLOWER AND BECAME LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/21/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERBATION-BREATHING DIFFICULTY STARTED WHILE USING A SNOW BLOWER-HE INHALED EXHAUST FUMES-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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