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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,542
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 41 YOM, FROSTBITE TO FINGER, PT. STATES HE WAS OUTSIDE HIS HOME, USING SHOVEL TO MOVE SNOW, VERY COLD OUT, DISCOLORATION OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/30/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 31 YOM DX LT FINGER CELLULITIS - DUE TO SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 27 YO M, C/O CUT TO RIGHT 3RD FINGER ON EDGE OF A SNOW SHOVEL, DX FINGE R LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 37 YOM DX PAIN TO RT INDEX FINGER - S/P DUE TO SHOVELING SNOW A WEEK AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 28 YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WAS CUT BY SOMETHING. DX FINGER LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 23YOM-FINGER LAC-CUT ON SNOW SHOVEL WHILE TRYING TO DIG CAR OUT OF SNOW BANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 6YOF WAS OUST SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING L 5T H FINGER ON SNOW SHOVEL DX NAIL AVUSLION L 5TH FNGR NAIL W NAILBED LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 19 YOF SUSTAINED FROSTBITE OF THE FINGERS WHILE SHOVELLING SNOW AT HOME . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| A 23 YOF CUT FINGER ON ICE SCRAPER WHILE CLEANING AROUND THE HOUSE,WENT TO GRAB OBJECT AND HIT SCRAPER, LACERATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 20 YR OLD MALE CRUSHED FINGER ON SHOVEL AND SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13 YO MALE HURT FINGER SHOVELING SNOW. DX FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps |
| RT THUMB SPRAIN/STRAIN, S/P FALL: 51YOM SHOVELING SNOW TODAY, BUSTING ICE OFF HIS STEPS, SLIPPED, FELL, HAVING PAIN IN RT THUMB, @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 60YOM WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DEVELOPED SORENESS IN LT FINGERS; FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 51YOF WHILE SNOW SHOVELING DEVELOPED THUMB DISCOMFORT; THUMB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 39YOM INJURED FINGER TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY INJURED FINGER ON SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW;DISLOCATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 57YOM WHILE SHOVELING SNOW FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND INJURED FINGER; FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2010 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 55YOM WHILE SHOVELING SNOW TWO DAYS AGO INJURED 4TH AND 5TH FINGERS; FINGER CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 28 YOF R 4TH FINGER CONTUSION, SHOVELING THE SNOW WHEN SHE HIT HER FING ER ON THE SHOVEL FINGER SPLINT APPLIED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 18YO MALE WITH LAC TO FINGER WHILE SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2010 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 28YO MALE WITH LAC TO FINGER FROM A SHOVEL SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 41YOF NOT WEARING GLOVES WAS SHOVELING SNOW,NOTICED TENDERNESS AND DISCOLORATION;FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Knives with replaceable blades |
| 53YOM LACERATION TO FINGER CUT USING UTILITY KNIFE TO FIX HANDLE ON SNO W SHOVEL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 34YO FEMALE WITIH FRACTURED FINGER, STRUCK IT ON A SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| RT THUMB LAC.7YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND LACERATED THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 41 YR OLD MALE SHOVELING SNOW AND FELT A PAIN IN FINGER DX: SPRAINED RIGHT LITTLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 25 YOM R 3RD AND 4TH FINGER LAC, WAS SHOVELING THE SNOW WHEN HE HIT HIS FINGERS WITH A METAL SHOVEL, 3RD FINGER 7 SUTURES 4TH 3 SUTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps |
| R RING FINGER PIP JOINT AVULSION FX:POSS. LIGAMENTOUS INJ;43YOM SHOVEL- ING SNOW, SLIPPED, FELL, JAMMING R RING FINGER INTO CONCRETE STEP, HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 53 YOF SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS TO THUMBS AFTER SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2010 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 80YOF INJURED FINGER WHILE SHOVELING SNOW FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11YOBM PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW W/A METAL SHOVEL W/NO HANDLE, NOW METAL SH OVEL IS IMPALED IN R 3RD DIGIT AND PALM . DX. LAC R 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2010 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Water heaters |
| A 82 YOM WAS SHOVELING AND HIT A WATER HEATER AND LACERATED FINGER. DX: RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION, 4 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 25YOM INJURED FINGER WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AND HAS INFECTION CELLULITIS OF FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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