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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,026
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2010 | Age: 11 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 |
| 11YOM, ACC GOT STRUCK ONTO OCCIPIT WITH A PLASTIC SHOVEL BY BROTHER >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 7 YOM HIT IN THE NOSE W/ A SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING. DX**: NOSE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13 YOF INJURED LT PALM SHOVELING SNOW; HIT END OF SHOVEL W/PALM DX**: LT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 13 Y/O/M HIT SELF IN FACE WITH SNOW SHOVEL AT HOME DX/ NASAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 9YOM ACC GOT STRUCK ON HEAD WITH A SHOVEL, NO LOC YET WITH DIZZINESS >>CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2010 | 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 |
| 8YOM, SHOVEL HIT FACE WHILE PLAYING OUTSIDE, NO HEAD TR >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 6YOF WAS OUST SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME WHEN SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING L 5T H FINGER ON SNOW SHOVEL DX NAIL AVUSLION L 5TH FNGR NAIL W NAILBED LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11YOF SHOVELING DRIVEWAY AT HOME, FELL ON ELBOW; ELBOW INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | 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 |
| 9YOM W/FOREHEAD LAC AFTER HIT BY AN ICESCRAPER THAT COUSIN THREW; FOREH EAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HIT WITH ICE SCRAPER. 7 YO F FRACTURED NOSE # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11 YR OLD BLACK MALE DX FACIAL LACERATION S/P PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW W/COUSIN SHOVER HIT HIM IN FACE BY ACCIDENT,IN STREET PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11 YOM SUS LAC TO FACE AFTER ACCIDENTALY HITTING SELF WITH SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 12YOM OBESE PT WITH BILATERAL FOOT PAIN, LOW BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW 3 WKS AGO, FOOT SWELLING, LIMPING; FOOT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| COLD EXPOSURE;SKIN PAIN/15YOF AT HOME WAS OUTSIDE SHOVELING DRIVEWAYS WITHOUT SOCKS ON HER FEET. NOW STS HER FEET ARE PURPLE AND BLACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13 YO MALE HURT FINGER SHOVELING SNOW. DX FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11YOF INJ LT HAND WHILE SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| KNEE STRAIN-13YOF-TWISTED KNEE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2010 | Age: 9 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 |
| 9YOM, PER MOM STARTED C/O RT SIDED CHEST PAIN ASSOC WITH SOB THAT BEGAN AFTER SHOVELING THE SNOW>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 15 YO MALE HURT BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, DX SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 13YOF WAS RIDING A SNOW SHOVEL DOWN A HILL AND CRASHED AND THEN RECEIEV ED A R CHEECK LAC, NO PAIN DX: LAC TO THE L SIDE OF FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 15YOF WITH ARM PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/11/2010 | 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 |
| 6YOM, OUTSIDE WITH BROTHER PLAYING/SHOVELING THE SNOW&ACC GOT STRUCK ON TO FACE WITH THE SHOVEL>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| RT THUMB LAC.7YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND LACERATED THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13YOM W/TESTICULAR PAIN AND SWELLING X3 DAYS, HAD BEEN SHOVELING SNOW E ARLIER IN DAY; TORSION OF TESTICULAR APPENDAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13YOM PT ROUGH HOUSING W/ ANOTHER TEENAGER WHEN HE WAS HIT IN L UPPER A RM BY HANDLE OF A SNOW SHOVEL. PAIN. DX L UPPER ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 7 YOM FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW SUSTAINING A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 10 YO MALE - FRIEND THREW A SNOW SHOVEL AND IT BOUNCED ON THE GROUND AN D HIT PTS FACE. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| 13YOF PT HAVING PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK, MIDLINE SINCE YEST. WAS SHOVELI NG SNOW ALL DAY YEST, BUT UNK EXACT INJ. DX LOWER BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 10YOM WAS PLAYING WITH FRIEND, ACCIDENTALLY GOT HIT BY SNOW SHOVEL IN M OUTH, OUTSIDE OF HOUSE, KNOCKED OUT TOP LEFT TOOTH, DX: DENTAL INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 15 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 |
| 15 YO MALE HIT ON FACE WITH A SNOW SHOVEL. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 11 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 |
| 11YOF SHOVELING DRIVEWAY WITH YOUNGER BROTHER, ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN NOSE WITH METAL SHOVEL; NOSE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 13YOM HAS ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 6YOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A SNOW SHOVEL BY HER BROTHER DX - MINOR HEAD INJ, HEAD ABRA EPISTAXIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 10 YOM PLAYING IN SNOW AND FELL HITTING MOUTH ON MUDDY SHOVEL SUSTAININ G LACERATION UPPER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11YOBM PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW W/A METAL SHOVEL W/NO HANDLE, NOW METAL SH OVEL IS IMPALED IN R 3RD DIGIT AND PALM . DX. LAC R 3RD FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 7YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME WHEN DEV PAIN IN L UPPER ARM AND SHOULD ER DX L UPPER ARM SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 9 YOM-HIT IN HEAD W/A SHOVEL YESTERDAY BY BROTHER DX HEAD INJURY, VOMITING * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 10 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 |
| 10YOM AND FRIENDS WERE THROWING SNOW BALLS AT EACH OTHER ONE OF THE FRIENDS THREW A ICE SCRAPER HITTING HIM IN THE SCALP;CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11YOM WITH WHEEZING AFTER OUTSIDE SHOVELING SNOW, THEN MOM SPRAYED PERF UME TRIGGERING WHEEZING AGAIN, FEELS SHORT OF BREATH; ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 9YOM SHOVELING NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY, ACCIDENTALLY JAMMED HIMSELF IN STOM ACH WITH HANDLE OF SHOVER, NOW W/PAIN |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 01/07/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 11YOM BENT DOWN AS FRIEND BROUGHT SNOW SHOVEL UP AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT I N FACE W/SHOVEL; EYEBROW AND NASAL BRIDGE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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