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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 802
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 14 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 |
| SHOVELING WITH DAD ..DADS SHOVEL HANDEL HIT SONS FACE ACCIDENTALY ...LA C TO EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 11 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 |
| PT SHOVLING SNOW HIT IN THE FACE WITH A SHOVEL DX// FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| C/O ARM&ELBOW PAIN AFTER SLIPPING&FALLING ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING THE SN OW>>CONT/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 8 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 TRYING TO HELP SHOVEL SNOW AT HOME, HIT SELF WITH SNOW SHOVEL CAUSING A LACERATION TO FOREHEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH A ICE SCRAPER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/13/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PATIENT WITH SIDE PAIN, THIGH PAIN, DISCOMFORT BEGAN AFTER SHOVELING SN OW; MUSCULAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PATIETN PLAYING IN SNOW, SOMEONE SWINGING A SNOW SHOVEL AROUND WHEN HIT ON FACE; LIP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SEEN IN ED 9 DAYS AGO AFTER FALLING FROM A TREE, HAD SHOULDER PAIN AT H OME, PAIN BECAME WORSE WENT SHOVELING SNOW YESTERDAY;CLAVICLE FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 13 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 |
| PATIENT WITH INCREASING GROIN PAIN SINCE SHOVELING SNOW IN DRIVEWAY, H/ O INGUINAL HERNIA; GROIN PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LEFT WRIST FX.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 8 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 |
| FATHER AND BROTHER WERE SHOVELING SNOW; PATIENT INADVERTENTLY WAS HIT O N THE HEAD. LACERATION OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| 10 YOF LACERATION TO CHEEK HIT WITH A SNOW SHOVEL AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 12 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING THE DRIVEWAY, SLIPPED ON ICE&FELL CUTTING HAND ON THE BLADE O F THE SHOVEL, PLASTIC SHOVEL >> LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| CHEST WALL STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT HIT ON FACE WITH SHOVEL CONTUSION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2008 | Age: 15 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, Tables |
| DX TRAPEZIUS STRAIN: 15YOM YESTERDAY SHOVELING SNOW, AND TODAY LIFTING TABLE, STATES FELL SHARP PAIN IN BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 6 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 TRYING TO SHOVEL SNOW, LACERATED LT LWR CHEEK WITH SHOW SHOVEL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| FELL ON A SHOVEL. DX MILD CONTUSION NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 11 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 WAS SHOVELING SNOW AT HIS VACATION HOME AND TWISTED WRONG NOW HAS BA CK PAIN. DX: MUSCLE SPASM/STRAIN LOW BACK SECONDARY TO TWISTING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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