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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,050
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 28 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 |
| 28 YOM, SHOVELING SNOW, SPRAIN BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 41 YOF BACK STRAIN, WAS SHOVELING SNOW WHEN BEGAN FEELING PAIN IN BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 34 YOM THORACIC SPINE STRAIN, SHOVELING SNOW AND OVEREXCERTED HIMSELF A PAIN TO MID AND LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND SUSTAINED BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2009 | Age: 30 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 WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND SUSTAINED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 34 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 |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN BACK. DX BACK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38 YO M SHOVELING SNOW. DX THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 43 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 BEGAN HAVING CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| 49YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | 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 |
| 40 Y/O/M C/O SOB & CHEST PAIN SHOVELING SNOW DX: NO DX ON CHART. PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN & EVALUATED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WTIH FRACTURED RIBS FELL WHILE SHOVELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 28 YOM IN SNOW AND SOMEONE FELL INTO HIM, TODAY WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN CHEST, DX: FRACTURED RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46YOM, C/O LT SIDED MID BACK PAIN THAT BEGAN AFTER SHOVELING YESTERDAY >>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 36 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 BEGAN HAVING CHEST PAINS THAT STARTED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 44 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 |
| 44YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 43 Y/O/M C/O CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 44 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 WALL - 44 YO MALE REPORTS ONSET OF CHEST DISCOMFORT WHEN S HOVELING SNOW AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2009 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39YOF WAS SHOVELING SNOW, NOW HAS SEVERE UPPER BACK PAIN DX;# THORAC IC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 42 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 UPPER BACK - 42 YO MALE REPORTS ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN WHEN SH OVELING SNOW AT HOME THIS AM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 36 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 HA BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW DX; LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 41 YOM CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW CHEST WALL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 33 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: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BACK PAIN FOR A WEEK WHICH STARTED AFTER SHOVELING THE SNOW >>BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 37 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 |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF SHARP LEFT SIDED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING THE SNO W ON MONDAY>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2009 | Age: 47 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 |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW HOME >>CHEST PAIN/MI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 49 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 |
| 49 YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 48 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 |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF PERSISTENT CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW >>CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 43 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 |
| 43 YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN SHOVELING SNOW CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 37 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 SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/15/2009 | Age: 49 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 |
| BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | 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 FELL ON RT SIDE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: RIB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 33 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: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| COMES WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF LEFT SIDED CHEST&ARM PAIN WHILE SHOVELING TH E SNOW>>CHEST/ARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2009 | Age: 42 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 |
| C/O ACUTE ONSET OF CHEST HEAVINESS&WEAKNESS IN UPPER EXTREMITIES AFTER SHOVELING THE SNOW&ALSO ADMITS HEAVY LIFTING>> MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 28 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 |
| PT C/O PAIN TO CHEST AND NUMBNESS TO LEFT ARM AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. DX: MYOFASCIAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 42 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 WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAINS DX: CHEST PAINS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/04/2009 | Age: 41 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 |
| SHOVELING SNOW AND WAS SHORT OF BREATH,DIZZY WITH CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2009 | 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 |
| 45 YOM DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, CARIOLOGIST WANTED TO ADMITT PT, PT SIGNED AMA* |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 26 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 STATES WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND ICE AT HOME WHEN HE DELVOPLED BACK PAI N DX ACUTE BACK MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2009 | Age: 30 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 WITH BACK STRAIN FROM SHOVELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2009 | Age: 46 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 |
| WAS OUT SHOVELING SNOW AND STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN. DX: CHEST PAIN* |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BACK PAIN/49YOM STS WAS SHOVELING YESTERDAY AND AFTERWARD DEVELOPED BAC K PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 35 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 |
| HURT SHOVELING SNOW. DX- CHEST WALL PAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK SHOVELING SNOW. DX; BACK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 STRAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2009 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| CHEST WALL CT-FELL ON ICY DRIVEWAY WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2009 | 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 |
| BACK STRAIN-PAIN SINCE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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 |
| WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2009 | Age: 26 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 |
| THORACIC BACK STRAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2009 | Age: 45 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 |
| SHOVELING AND DEVELOPED RIB PAIN AND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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