Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 50+ years old - Year 2004

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,676
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Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	894	Lower Trunk:	892
Wrist:	301	Shoulder:	285
Knee:	226	Neck:	170
Head:	145	Eyeball:	139
Upper Arm:	92	Ankle:	86
Finger:	85	Lower Arm:	69
Face:	69	Lower Leg:	60
Hand:	47	All Of Body:	45
Toe:	33	Foot:	15
Unkown:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AND STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 54 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 51 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
SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL WHILE SCRAPING ICE OFF WINDSHIELD AT HOME, HAS BACK PAIN. DX; EXCERBATION OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RIHT 5TH FINGER FX. PT FELL WHEN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
RIGHT SHOULDER AND CHEST WALL STR. PT WAS INJURED WHEN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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
LOW BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW.// LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
LOW BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2004	Age: 61 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: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
STARTED SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT WRIST SPRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT HUMERUS FRACTURE,FACIAL LACERATION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL ON ICE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 82 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
ICH. PT FELL HITTING HEAD WHEN SHOVELING SIDEWALK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT ARM PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW/ RT SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Clothing accessories
HAND PAIN. PT DEVELOPED HAND PAIN WHEN SHOVELING SNOW WEARING GLOVES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
FELL 2 DAYS AGO WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. LT SIDE CT, S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHORT OF BREATH. PT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHEN SHOVELING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
RIGHT WRIST FX. PT INJURED WRIST WHEN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR PAIN. PT FELL AND INJURED NECK WHEN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
FULL ARREST.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AND EXPI RED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
SHORTNESS OF BREATH.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O R SHOULDER PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW DX: R SHOULDER SPRAIN / BURSITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT INJURIED FOOT, CAN'T RECALL MECHANISM OF INJURY, WHILE SHOVELING SNO W, SUSTAINED" FOOT PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
CHEST PAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O RT SHOULDER AND ARM PAIN , SHOVELED SNOW ON SUNDAY/ RT SHOULDER AND ARM PAIN, MUSCULAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O NECK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ NECK STRAIN, TRAPEZIUS SPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
FOREIGN BODY EYE - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF LEFT EYE PAIN WHEN SHOVELIN G SNOW AT HOME - "SOMETHING IN MY EYE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2004	Age: 51 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
PT SPRAINED HIS UPPER BACK AS A RESULT OF SHOVELING SNOW FROM CAR AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
OUTSIDE SHOVELING SNOW, WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, DX: HEART ATTACK HE DIED IN THE ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Fences or fence posts
HAND LAC-FELL-@ HOME-WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-HIT FENCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Cookware
WRIST LAC-CUT WHILE USING AN ICE SCRAPER TO REMOVE A LABEL FROM A POT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ETHO INGESTION C/O R ANKLE PAINFUL/SWELLING. STEPPED ON A SHOVEL WHILED IGGING GROUND. DX: SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 75 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
SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PAIN IN LT RIB AREA AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ THORACIC STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT STATES HE WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
CHEST PAIN/77YOF WAS SHOVELING SNOW TODAY AND HAD MILD CHEST PAIN AND B ECAME LIGHTHEADED & DIAPHORETIC.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
74 YOM HIT TOE WITH SHOVEL SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
SHARP PAIN IN R CHEST X 3 TONIGHT, HAD ANOTHER PAIN LT CHEST TODAY WHILE SHOVELING/ CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 75 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: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HAS "STABBING" PAIN IN LOWER BACK WAS SHOVELING SNOW YESTERDAY DX: BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
NECK PAIN AFTER SHOVELILNG SNOW/ NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT. EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. DX. UNSTABLE ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, House repair or construction materials
SHOVELING SNOW OFF METAL ROOF, ROOF COLLAPSED/ LAC LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
77 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH BACK PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 81 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 HAD ACUTE LOW ACK PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps
PT SHOVELING STAIRS SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON LOWER LEG ON CEMENT FLO OR LEFT LOWER LEG PAIN LEFT LOWER LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT SHOULDER PAIN. PT WAS BREAKING UP ICE WITH A SHOVEL AND INJURED SH OULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
56 YO FEMALE HAS CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LOWER LEG LAC-RAN INTO A SNOWPLOW BLADE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 65 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 C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ UNSTABLE ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/09/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
67 YOM WALKED INTO BRANCH WHILE SHOVELLING SNOW, BRANCH POKED HIM IN LEFT EYE-DX LEFT EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2004	Age: 78 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
78YOM AT HOME TOOK SHOVEL TO KNOCK OFF ICECLE INJ FACE DX LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2004	Age: 80 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: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAD BEEN SHOVELING SNOW, BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PERSON WAS SHOPPING IN STORE,TRIPPED OVER SNOW SHOVELS,CONTUSIONS TO BO TH KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
TOE INJURY-SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
62 YOF WAS INJURED SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
TWISTED WRIST WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: R WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 STATES HE INJURED BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 57 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 56 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
LUMBAR STRAIN - 56 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN X2 DAYS, THINKS SCIATICA IS FLARING UP, HAD ALSO SHOVELED SNOW 2 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS SHOVELING TRUCK OUT OF SNOW TODAY AND LANDED ON CHEST AND KNEES C/O CHEST PAIN LEFT RIB FRACTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	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
RT WRIST FRACTURE.PT WAS SHOVELING AND FELL AND INJURED WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SPRAIN WRIST - 54 YOF C/O RIGHT WRIST PAIN AFTER CHIPPING ICE AND SHOVE LING SNOW WITH A SHOVEL 2 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT HUMERUS FRACTURE.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL ON ICE AND INJURED U PPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ONSET OF CHEST PAIN 2 DAYS AGO WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX. ACUTE PRECORD IAL CHEST PAIN, ACUTE MI, UNSATABLE ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT ANKLE FRACTURE.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL AND INJURED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
FELL ON A SHOVEL. DX. 2 CM L WRIST LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN - 52 YOM STATES HIS MID CHEST PAIN WOKE HIM UP, WAS SHOVELIN G SNOW YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN - 77 YOM C/O CHEST PAIN, STATES PAIN STARTED SOMETIME AFTER HE HAD SHOVELED SNOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 52 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
LOWER BACK PAIN - 52 YOM C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW YESTE RDAY, HAS HX OF BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT. SHOVELING SNOW, SLIPPED AND LANDED ON SHOULDER. DX. FX R HUMERUS H EAD NECK, CONT R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 73 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
PT. WAS SHOVELING SNOW/ICE AND FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. DX. AC UTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN DORSAL CONT, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HAND TENDONITIS-PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW & CARRYING FIREWOOD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	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
UPPER BACK AND CHEST PAIN SINCE SHOVELING ON 1/22. DX. MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN BACK AND CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Ceilings and walls
HEAD LACERATION-PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND SLIPPED STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON A BRICK WALL. SUS A 4 1/2CM V SHAPED LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Clothing accessories
FROST NIP FINGERS/57YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW IN DRIVEWAY W/GLOVES YESTERD AYAND NOW HAVING NUMBNESS OF FINGERTIPS WITH A BLISTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2004	Age: 51 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
SHOVELING SNOW TUESDAY. ACUTE L/S STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O CHEST PAIN, STARTED AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. DX. CHEST PAIN, ACUTE MI , ANTERIOR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
57 YOM FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
CHEST PAIN/63YOF COMES TO ER STATING CHEST HURTS SINCE FRIDAY FROM SHOV ELING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SUST FRACTURE TO WRIST FELL ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT DX LACERATION TO LT KNEE/MUSLCE PAIN - S/P PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE SHOVELING SNOW INN HIS BACKYARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
58 YO FEMALE HAS UPPER ARM PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW RIGHT BICEP STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR STRAIN-INJURED SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 61 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW FROM DRIVEWAY, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN. DX ACUTE MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/09/2004	Age: 78 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
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 56 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: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
L1 COMPRESSION FRACTURE - PATIENT REPORTS SHE SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN SHO VELING OFF BACK DECK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME WHEN SHE STRAINED HER RT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
LUMBAR STRAIN-INJURED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 65 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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