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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,187
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONTUSION COCCYX - 19 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH COCCYX PAIN AFTER FALLING W HILE SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| DX ABD PAIN LLQ/CONTU ABD WALL: L LOWER ABD PAIN SINCE SHOVEL'G SNOW EARILER THIS WEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| DX BACKACHE: H/O CHR BACK PAIN, ACTUE EXACERBATION THIS EVEN'G W SHOVEL'G SNOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 24 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 |
| WAS SHOVELING AND DEVELOPED ABRASION ON HAND WITH PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT.INJ.RT.1ST.TOE AT HOME WHEN SHOVELING SNOW WITH A SNOW SHOVLE & STUB BED TOE. DX; RT.1ST.TOE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HAS (R) SHOULDER PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW----(R) SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 23 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: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW. DX: LOW BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| THIGH LAC-FELL ON DRIVEWAY-THIGH HIT SNOW SHOVEL-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW, FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST THE GROUND, NO LOC, C/O HEADACHE/DIZZINESS>>CLOSED HEAD INJ/SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS USING A SNOW SHOVEL AT HOME, FELL SPRAINING RT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 23 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 |
| RIB STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND RIBS BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT C/O BACK PAIN 8 DAYS, STS SHOVELING SNOW MADE BACK HURT WORSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2008 | Age: 21 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| DX ACUTE UPPER BAC STRAIN/SPASM/ WHICH BEGAN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW & HAS SLOWLY GOTTEN WORSE. NOW PAIN IS SHARP WITH ROM OF BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT STRAINED LOWER TRUNK SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| COMPLAINING OF WORSENING CHEST WALL &UPPER ABDOMINA WALL PAIN THAT STAR TED AFTER SHOVELING SNOW ON FRIDAY >> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT FELT SOMETHING "TEAR" IN KNEE WHEN SHOVELING SNOW DX: KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| SCALP ABR. PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW WHEN HE WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONTUSION LOW BACK - 21 YO MALE FELL 10' FROM HIS ROOF WHEN SHOVELING S NOW OFF ROOF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT HIT TOE WITH SHOVEL WHILE CLEANING SNOW, CONTUSION TO TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| STRAIN SHOULDER - 21 YO MALE REPORTS ONSET OF RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME THIS AM FOR SEVERAL HOURS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW, TO ER WITH BACK PAIN, DX STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT HIT ON FOREHEAD WITH SHOVEL LAC FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| PT WAS SHOVELING AND HIT HAND ON A CONCRETE BLOCK.DX: CONTUSION TO RIGH T HAND, 4TH AND 5TH KNUCKLES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PT WAS INJURED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX: CONTUSION TO THE RIGHT LOWER RIB AREA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, COCCYX INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2008 | Age: 21 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONTUSION UPPER BACK - 21 YO MALE REPORTS HE FELL OFF HIS ROOF WHEN SHO VELING SNOW OFF ROOF - STRUCK UPPER BACK AND HEAD ON SNOWBANK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| GROIN STRAIN-PAIN SINCE SHOVELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BACK STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL TO BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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