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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,165
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PLAYING IN SNOW AND GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH A PLASTIC SHOVEL LAC IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SCALP LACERATION.PT AND BROTHERS WERE SHOVELING SNOW AND PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 11 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 |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED FINGER.DX FINGER SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| STRUCK NEAR EYE WITH SHOVEL WHILE AT SKI AREA 1/2 CM LACERATION PERIORBITAL AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LACERATION LIP - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH 1.5 CM LACERATION TO UPPER LIP - CUT WITH SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| L KNEE CONTUSION - HANDLE OF SHOVEL HIT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT TRIPPED ON A SNOW SHOVEL & ROLLED RT. ANKLE INWARDS, ANKLE SWOLLEN DX: RT. ANKLE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH A SHOVEL DX: SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13YFC ACCIDENTLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A SHOVEL/LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH ICE SCRAPER BY 2 YO SIBLING AT HOME; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| FACIAL LAC/8YOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK IN FACE BY BROTHER WITH SNOW SH OVEL. HAPPENED AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH A SNOW SHOVEL DX:FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LACERATION EYEBROW - 9 YOM WAS HAVING SNOW THROWN ON HIM IN FUN BY SIST ER WITH A SHOVEL AND WAS GRAZED ON HIS RIGHT EYEBROW BY THE SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT INJURED THUMB ON SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD WITH A SNOW SHOVEL. DX CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE FACE AS A RESULT OF FALLING WHILE SHOV ELLING SNOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK SELF ON THE FACE C SNOW SHOVEL SUSTAINED " FOREHEAD LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 10 YOF STRUCK IN LOWER ARM WITH ICE SCRAPER CONTUSION LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT C/O LOWER BACK PN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT GOT A SPLINTER IN HAND FROM A SHOVEL HANDLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PATIENT SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME, FELL AND HIT CHIN; CHIN LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT ACCIDENTLY GOT HIT ON THE HEAD BY A SHOVEL, SUSTAINED " SCALP LACERATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HURT WRIST WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX- BUCKLE FRACTURE R WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2005 | Age: 12 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 WAS AT HOME BUILDING A SNOW FORT WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A SNOW SHOVEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH SNOW SHOVEL DX: FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT STEPPED (OR LANDED ON) ICE SCRAPER ON FLOOR AT HOME; FOOT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 12 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 |
| DIRECT BLOW TO THUMB BY PULLING BACK ON SHOVEL WHILE WORKING OUTSIDE; LEFT THUMB CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT DX LIP LACERATION - WHILE SHOVELLING SNOW,EDGE OF SHOVEL HIT HER RT UPPER LIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 10 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN FACE WITH SHOVEL BY ACCIDENT LACERATION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2005 | Age: 7 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 |
| NASAL LAC/7YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ON NOSE WITH SNOW SHOVEL. NO LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2005 | Age: 14 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 |
| SHOVELING SNOW TODAY. ACUTE THORACO-LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PLAYING OUTSIDE & STRUCK IN HEAD W/ SNOW SHOVEL DURING SNOWBALL FIGHT. ACUTE HEAD INJURY & SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT HIT WITH SHOVEL WHIEL PLAYING IN THE SNOW, LACERATION TO EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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