Accidents - Snowmobiles - 50+ years old - Year 2010

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,707
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	287	Shoulder:	215
Lower Leg:	181	Elbow:	153
Head:	148	Neck:	143
Lower Trunk:	142	Wrist:	76
Foot:	76	Knee:	71
Ankle:	71	Face:	71
Lower Arm:	63

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snowmobiles
70 YOM THROWN FROM SNOWMOBILE, GOING 40MPH. C/O LT ELBOW & UPPER ARM PA IN. DX**: LT ELBOW INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snowmobiles
54YOF GOT FOOT HIT WHILE RIDING ON SNOWMOBILE DX: CONTUSION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2010	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snowmobiles
66 YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF A SHOULDER BY TIPPING OVER HIS SNOWMOB ILE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2010	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snowmobiles
78YOM INFECTED WOUND TO HEAD UNLOADING SNOWMOBLIE FROM TRAILER AT HOME GOT KNOCKED BACKWARDS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2010	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
73 YOF, FELL OFF SNOWMOBILE 2 DAYS AGO IN ICELAND DX: FX ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
63 YOM,7 DAS AGO THROWN FROM SNOWMOBILE @ 60MPH; + HELMET. LT ELBOW PAI N,+ LOC. DX:SUSPECT OCCULT FX LT ELBOW,HI-SPEED,LT ELBOW INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
51 YOF WAS PASSENGER ON SNOWMOBILE THAT STRUCK A TREE. PT WITH FACIAL INJURIES. DX: FRACTURE OF NASAL BONE AND LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2010	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
70 YOF CRASHED SNOWMOBILE INTO TREE. DX: R TIB/FIB FX, R FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snowmobiles, Poles
HEAD;BODY CONT/57YOM STS WHILE RIDING SNOWMOBILE, HIT A POLE WHICH CRAC KED HIS HELMET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Snowmobiles
62 YOM WAS SNOWMOBILING AND CAME DOWN HARD ON SOME ICE AND STRUCK RIB A REA. DX: HEMO/PNEUMOTHORAX AND FRACTURED RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/21/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snowmobiles
58YOM TRIED TO PICK UP A SNOWMOBILE, INJURED (R) HIP DX:* NONE STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snowmobiles
54YFC ON SNOWMOBILE CRASHED C/O NECK PAIN WEARING HELMET/SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2010	Age: 51 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: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
51YOM AT UNSTATED LOCALE THROWN FROM A SNOWMOBILE/ DX T12 COMPRESSION FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/14/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snowmobiles
60YMC ON SNOWMOBILE GOING 70MPH LOST CONTROL ON ICY TRAIL FELL OFF HITTING CHEST ON GROUND/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Snowmobiles
59YOM C/O RT NECK PAIN RADIATING DOWN ARM SINCE SNOWMOBILING/CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snowmobiles, Snow skiing
63YOM FELL OFF A SNOWMACHINE ONTO LEFT HIP THEN WENT SKIING AND FELL ONTO LEFT HIP - CONTUSION LEFT HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snowmobiles
54YOM WRIST PAIN HYPEREXTENDED WRIST WHILE RIDING A SNOWMOBILE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Snowmobiles
CALF PW-51YOM-FELL OFF SNOWMOBILE-CALF HIT THE BRAKE LEVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2010	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
82YOM JUMPED OFF A SNOWMOBILE WITH A STUCK THROTLE, SUBJECT HIT A TREE WITH SHOULDER - LEFT DISTAL CLAVICULAR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2010	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
58YOF FELL OFF OF SNOWMOBILE, LANDED ON BUTTOCKS & BACK, FRACTURED LOWE R LEG. DX: FRACTURE OF TIBIAL PLATEAU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2010	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
57 YOM FRACTURED AN ANKLE WHILE DRIVING A SNOWMOBILE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Snowmobiles
61YOM CUT LEG IN SNOWMOBILE ACCIDENT LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snowmobiles
51 YOM HAS HAD PX SINCE SNOWMOBILING 2 DAYS AGO. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, SCIATICA, HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Snowmobiles
60 TOM INJURED LEFT SHOULDER WHILE SNOWMOBILING. DX: RIGHT SHOULDER DIS LOCATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/14/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snowmobiles
FELL OFF SNOWMOBILE. DX-FRACTURE ULNA AND HAND 61 YO FEMALE #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snowmobiles
73YOM PASSENGER ON A SNOWMOBILE FELL OFF WAS GOING 3MPH LANDED ON LOWER EXTREMITY .....PAIN TO LOWER EXTREMITY..HAVING PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snowmobiles
59YOM RIDING A SNOWMOBILE, STOPPED, GOT OFF, SAT DOWN AND BECAME UNCONCIOUS - HEART ATTACK RESULTING IN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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