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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 152
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 01/22/2002 | Age: 80 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CLOSED HEAD INJURY - VICTIM WAS SHOVELING SNOW THIS MORNING AND FE LL STRIKING HIS HEAD - HE STATES HE SLIPPED ON ICE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT DEVELOPED DIZZINESS WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX DIZZINESS/VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2002 | Age: 77 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 |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURY TO HEAD AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE SIDEWALK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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