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Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 6-15 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 493
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:195Face:117
Head:85Knee:79
Foot:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS SHOVELING ALOT OF SNOW, & NOW HAS RT SIDED CHEST PAIN, & RT ARM NUMBNESS. DX; MUSCULAR CHEST PAIN, OVERUSE OF ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW WITH BROTHER, ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN FOREHEAD WITH SHOVEL DX: HEMATOMA TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
8YOM HEAD LAC STRUCK IWTH SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS DIGGING IN RIVER BED WAS HIT TO LEFT EYE LID BY A SHOVEL. NO LOC DX LEFT EYE LID LACERATION CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PLAYING C ANOTHER CHILD, HIT F.HEAD ON A SHOVEL " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CONTUSIONTO FACE AFTER BEING STRUCK BY SHOVEL AT HOME - LWT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 02/15/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAS BEEN SHOVELING SNOW FOR 2 DAYS AND DEVELOPED ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST WALL STRAIN-SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME=DEVELOPED PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT DX LACERATION RT EYEBROW - DUE TO DIRECT BLOW WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O CHEST PAIN WHILE SHE WAS SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SUSTAINED CHEST WALL PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Footwear
SPRAIN FOOT - 15 YOM C/O LEFT FOOT PAIN, WAS SHOVELING SNOW WEARING SNE AKERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAD KNEE "POP" OUT WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX: RT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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