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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,374
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| C/O LOWER BACK PAIN S/P SNOWBLOWING THEN SLIPPED&FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD&LOWER BACK >> CLOSED HEAD INJ/BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2008 | Age: 40 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOWBLOWER, PUT IN HAND TO REMOVE BLOCKAGE CAUSING AN OPEN LT MIDDLE FINGER FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 46 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CHRONIC BACK PAIN;ACUTE EXACERBATION/46YOM INJURED BACK WHILE TRYING TO START SNOW BLOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG SNOW BLOWER AND PARTIALLY AMPUTATED 3,4 DIGITS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING SNOWBLOWER/ LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PARTIALLY AMPUTATED AND AVULSED THREE FINGERS ON SNOWBLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| FRACTURE MANDIBLE - 35 YO FEMALE PRESENTS HAVING SLIPPED AND FALLEN INT O SNOWBLOWER LAST NIGHT - ALSO INJURING LEFT HAND & BITTING TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| INJURED FINGER ON A SNOW BLOWER BLADE. DX. FINGER CRUSH INJURY, SUBUNGU AL HEMATOMA AND LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| BROUGHTIN BY AMBULANCE FOR EVALUATION AFTER GETTING HAND STUCK INTO A S NOWBLOWER SUSTAINEING AMPUTATION TO THE TIPS OF 2 FINGERS>>AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 45 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| C/O FINGER PAIN, SWELLING&BLEEDING AFTER ACCIDENTALLY GOT CAUGHTINTO A SNOW BLOWER>> FX/LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| ACCIDENTALLY CUT FINGER WHEN STUCK HAND INTO SNOW BLOWER TO DISLODGE SN OW/ICE>>PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 46YMC FELL WHILE SNOWBLOWING INJURING FOOT/FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| ACCIDENTALLY GOT FINGER STUCK INTO A SNOW BLOWER, ?MECH, +BLEEDING >>DISTAL PHALYNX AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| INJURED (R) INDEX FINGER, TRYING TO START THE SNOW BLOWER----(R) HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CAUGHT TWO FINGERS IN SNOW THROWER FX AND LAC THEM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| USING SNOWBLOWER AND INJ SHOULDER STRAINING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| SNOWBLOWING AND FELL OVER AND FX LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| R MID FING FX/32YOM USING A SNOWBLOWER AND STOPPED TO CLEAN IT AND HAND GOT CAUGHT BY THE PROPELLER. FINGER IS SWOLLEN AND BRUISED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| R HAND LAC/38YOM CUT R HAND TODAY AT HOME ON SNOW BLOWER. HAPPENED AT A BOUT 3PM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 32 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 32YMC LIFTING A SNOWBLOWER OUT OF A TRUCK C/O LOW BACK PAIN/STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| BACK PAIN SINCE LIFTING A SNOW BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 46 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT SUSTAINED AN OPEN FRACTURE OF A FINGER FROM A SNOW BLOWER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 30 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: Snow throwers/blowers, Clothing accessories |
| PT OUT THROWING SNOW, GOT GLOVED FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOWBLOWER, SUFFERED DX: BURST FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL PHALANX OF THE THIRD DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 41 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| SUDDENLY FELT A POP IN THE INGUINAL AREA WHILE PUSHING A SNOW BLOWER, T WISTED WRONG>> INGUINAL HERNIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PLACED HAND INTO SNOW BLOWER TO CLEAN IT OUT AND ACCIDENTALLY CUT THE T IPS OF 3 FINGERS OFF >> FINGER AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| STUCK HAND INTO A ?RUNNING SNOW BLOWER, SUSTAIND INJUREY TO A FINGER >> PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PLACED HANDIN A SNOW BLOWER WHILE RUNNING >> MULTI FINGER AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT FELL WHILE SNOW BLOWING DX: LT KNEE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT INJ FINGER USING SNOW BLOWER FX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| GOT HAND CAUGHT IN A SNOW BLOWER. DX. FINGER LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT CAUGHT FINGER IN SNOW BLOWER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 30YOM WAS HOME USING SNOWBLOWER,CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WALL AND SNOWBLOWER;FINGER FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 46 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| HAND STUCK IN A SNOW BLOWER INJURING FINGER >> FX/LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 44 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CUT FINGER ACCIDENTALLY WHILE REACHINGINTO A SNOW BLOWER >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| RIGHT WRIST STR. PT WAS PUSHING A SNOW BLOWER AND FELL INJURING WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 26 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| FRACTURE FINGERS - 26 YO MALE STATES HE STUCK HIS HAND IN SHUTE OF PLUG GED SNOW THROWER AND WAS STRUCK BY BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT PUT HAND IN SNOW BLOWER WHILE IT WAS RUNNING AND CUT HAND DX// RIGHT HAND LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT STUCK HAND IN SNOWBLOWER, SUSTAINED AMPUTATION TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 49 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| LACERATION FINGER - 49 YO MALE REACHED INTO RUNNING SNOWBLOWER AND SUFF ERED SIGNIFICANT LACERATIONS TO BOTH RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 36 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT WAS AT HOME USING A SNOWBLOWER, FX RT 2ND FINGER WITH AN OPEN FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 38YMC SNOWBLOWING DRIVEWAY BECAME CLOGGED WITHOUT THINKING STUCK HAND INTO CLEAR OUT SNOW CATCHING FINGERTIPS/AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | 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: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT WAS AT HOME, STUCK HAND IN A SNOW BLOWER THAT WAS STILL TURNED ON CAUSING FX TO RT INDEX, 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN SNOW BLOWER. DX: RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER LACERATION, 2.5 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT FELL WHILE SNOW BLOWING DX:RT ELBOW PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| INJURED FINGER WHEN REACHED INTO SNOWBLOWER/ MULT LAC,FX LMF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PARTIALLY AMPUTATED FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT INJURED WRIST WHILE USING A SNOW BLOWER. DX: RIGHT WRIST PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| SUST LAC TO L 2ND 3RD FINGERS WHEN CAUGHT THEM IN SNOW BLOWER AT HOME DX 2ND 3RD FINGER LACERATIONS W OPEN FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT FELL WHILE USING SNOW BLOWER - FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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