Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - Year 2004 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,744
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	828
50+ years old:	894

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

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Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RIGHT SHOULDER AND CHEST WALL STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST WALL STR. PT INJURED CHEST WHEN SHOVELING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
STARTED SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND CHEST BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Artificial Christmas trees
HAD SOVELED SNOW A LOT TODAY, GOT UP OUT OF CHAIR, WAS DIZZY, FELL INTO X-MAS TREE, DX; CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST WALL PAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O MID BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ THORACIC BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SPRAINED HIS UPPER BACK AS A RESULT OF SHOVELING SNOW FROM CAR AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
OUTSIDE SHOVELING SNOW, WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, DX: HEART ATTACK HE DIED IN THE ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps
PT HELPING SHOVEL SNOW AT DAYCARE & FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS. DX: VERTEBRAL (T6 & T7 MIDTHORACIC) FX CLOSED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
STRAIN CHEST - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF PAIN WHEN DIGGING DITCH WITH SH OVEL AT HOME - PAIN UPON DEEP BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
DEVELOPED CHEST AND SHOULDER PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN ( NON CARDIAC ) SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PAIN IN LT RIB AREA AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN/77YOF WAS SHOVELING SNOW TODAY AND HAD MILD CHEST PAIN AND B ECAME LIGHTHEADED & DIAPHORETIC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/06/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHARP PAIN IN R CHEST X 3 TONIGHT, HAD ANOTHER PAIN LT CHEST TODAY WHILE SHOVELING/ CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT. EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. DX. UNSTABLE ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
56 YO FEMALE HAS CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
38 YOM DEVELOPED UPPER BACK PAIN SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ UNSTABLE ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT.INJ.UPPER BACK AT HOME WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. DX; THORACIC BACK STRAIN .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SHOVELED SNOW THIS AM, C/O OF CHEST PAIN, DX STRAIN TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O CONSTANT PAIN TO RT SIDE OF BACK RT FLANK AREA OT FELL IN DRIVEA WAY ON SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING RT RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS SHOVELING TRUCK OUT OF SNOW TODAY AND LANDED ON CHEST AND KNEES C/O CHEST PAIN LEFT RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND NOW HAS CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps
BACK CT-@ HOME-SHOVELING SNOW-FELL DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PULLING SELF OFF A TRUCK - SHOVELING SNOW CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ONSET OF CHEST PAIN 2 DAYS AGO WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX. ACUTE PRECORD IAL CHEST PAIN, ACUTE MI, UNSATABLE ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN AND NAUSEA SINCE SHOVELING. DX. CHEST WALL PAIN, POSSIBLE TR AIN, POSSIBLE PLEURISY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN - 52 YOM STATES HIS MID CHEST PAIN WOKE HIM UP, WAS SHOVELIN G SNOW YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN - 77 YOM C/O CHEST PAIN, STATES PAIN STARTED SOMETIME AFTER HE HAD SHOVELED SNOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O CHEST PAIN AND THIGHTNESS IN RT UPPER ARM SHORTLY AFTER SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN - 47 YOM HAD BEEN SHOVELING SNOW WHEN ONSET OF CHEST PAIN ST ARTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
UPPER BACK AND CHEST PAIN SINCE SHOVELING ON 1/22. DX. MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN BACK AND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O CHEST PAIN, STARTED AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. DX. CHEST PAIN, ACUTE MI , ANTERIOR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O NECK AND UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING YESTERDAY/ BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN/63YOF COMES TO ER STATING CHEST HURTS SINCE FRIDAY FROM SHOV ELING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW YESTERDAY. ACUTE CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW FROM DRIVEWAY, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN. DX ACUTE MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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