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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 453
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT SHOVELING ICE AND JAMMED HAND - AT HOME - DROV E RIGHT HAND INTO SNOW SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY FELL ON ICE SCRAPER THAT WAS IN A VAN, LACERATION TO HA ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING SNOW LEFT HAND TENDON SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT SHOVELLED SNOW ON ~5D AGO, WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY WITH L 3RD/4TH DIGIT PN AND SWELLING. DX:TENDONITIS, UNSPECIFIED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| RT HAND SPRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND HAND BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BROKEN SHOVEL HANDLE CUT HAND - LACERATION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| ACUTE RT 5TH MC FRACTURE, SHOVELING CAR OUT OF SNOW, FELL, JAMMING RT HAND INTO CURB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| WAS SHOVELING SNOW DEVELOPED A BLISTER REDDENED...INFECTED BLISTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS SHOVELING ICE AT HOME AND SHOVE L HANDLE SMACKED BACK INTO PALM OF RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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