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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,483
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| RT 5TH FINGER LACERATION.PT LACERATED FINGER ON A SNOW BLOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| LEFT 2ND,4TH ABD 5TH FINGERS OPEN FRACTURE.PT WAS USING A SNOW BLOWER A ND INJURED FINGER IN BLOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT TRIPPED&FELL STRICKING LOWER LEG ON A SNOW BLOWER, SUSTAINED " LEG PAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| RIGHT 4TH DIGIT AMP, 3RD DIG FX, 2ND DIGIT FX, NAILBED LAC, PT GOT FING ERS STUCK IN A SNOW BLOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| LEFT 2ND AND 3RD OPEN FX. PT STUCK HAND NEAR THE CHUTE OF SNOWBLOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Clothing accessories |
| USING SNOWBLWER, CHUTE PLUGGED, WAS UNPLUGGING IT , GLOVE WAS GRABBED A ND PULLED HAND IN/ OPEN INJURY RIF AND RMF |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY STRAIN.PT LIFTED A SNOW BLOWER AND INJURED LOWER L EG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CAUGHT FINGERS IN PROPELLAR OF SNOWBLOWER/ OPEN FX LMF, FX,LAC LMF,LRF |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 02/23/2004 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 86YOMC STUCK GLOVED HAND WHERE BLADE IS ON SNOWBLOWER CUTTING FINGERS/LACERATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2004 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 75YOM AT HOME INJ FINGER ON SNOWBLOWER BLADE DX PARTIAL AMPUTATION FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2004 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN SNOWBLOWER/ FX,LAC RMF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2004 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PULLING ON SNOWBLOWER YESTERDAY. ACUTE SPRAIN RT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2004 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT LAST WEEK WAS UP NORTH USING A SNOW BLOWER GOT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGE R CAUGHT IN THE CHURNING BLADES FRACTURED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2004 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HER SCALP AS A RESULT OF SLIPPING ON ICE AN FALLING ONTO A SNOW BLOWER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2004 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| STRAIN R ARM TRYING TO PULL START SNOWBLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| L 3RD DIGIT LAC/55YOM AT HOME CLEARED OUT SNOWBLOWER WHILE RUNNING AND CUT FINGER. NO PAIN YET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2004 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CAUGHT FINGER IN FAN OF SNOWBLOWER AMPUTATION TO TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER - OPEN FFRACTURES SAME FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| FELT A POP WHILE PICKING UP A SNOWBLOWER. DX. L ELBOW STRAIN, POSSIBLE TENDON RUPTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2004 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CRUSH INJ L IND & MID FING/66YOM AT HM WAS USING SNOWTHROWER & REACHED IN W/L HAND TO CLEAR IT RESULTING IN CRUSH INJ OF MID & IND FING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| ACUTE RT SHOULDER CONTUSION, ABRASION, RT LEG, OUTSIDE HOUSE USING WALK-BEHIND SNOW BLOWER, TURNED, SLIPPED AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT WAS USING SNOWBLOWER AND BECAME LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/28/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PUTTING SNOWBLOWER INTO TRUCK, DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER THAT/ INTRACEREBRAL BLEED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/24/2004 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 54 YOM INJURED FINGER TRYING TO UNCLOG A SNOW BLOWER DX OPEN FX PARTIAL AMPUTATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Amputation |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| STRUCK HAND IN SNOWBLOWER AND AMPUTATED THREE FINGERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT STRAINED RT SHOULDER WHILE TRYING TO START SNOW BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2004 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT INJ RT SHOULDER TRYING TO START SNOW BLOWER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| FRACTURE FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS CHOPPED RIGHT PINKY FINGER WITH SNOW BLOWER - CHIP FRACTURE - ALSO LAC TO RIGHT EYE & BUMP TO BACK OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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