Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,268
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Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 54 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
SHOVELING SNOW FELL UPPER TRUNK PAIN...FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2008	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: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Manual cleaning equipment
PT HAS UPPER PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AND MOPPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 52 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
DX TAPEZOUS STRAIN: PAIN IN UPPER BACK & SH, BUT MORE UPPER BACK SINCE SHOVELING SNOW YTDY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	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
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF LEFT SIDED CHEST PAIN, DULL, NOT REPORDUCABLE FOR A 24HOURS AFTER SHOVELING THE SNOW>>CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 65 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
C/O GRADAUL ONSET OF PRESSURE LIKE CHESET PAIN WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW &BRINGING WOOD INSDIE>>CHES PAIN/AFIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	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-SINCE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 72 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
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF EIGASTRICK CHEST PAIN WHILE AFTER 90MINUTES OF SHOV ELING THE SNOW>>CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
PRESENTS BY EMS AFTER SUDDENLY DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH SHO TNESS OF BREATH WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW>>CHEST PAIN/DYSPNEA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	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, Stairs or steps
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON HER STOOP AFTER SHOVELING SNOW, ? SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX: CHEST WALL CONT, ABDOMINAL WALL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF LEFT SIDED NON RADIATING SUBSTERNAL CHEST PAIN WHIL E SHOVELING THE SNOW>>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT HAD PX WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX: ACUTE MI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 70 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SPRAINED HER UPPER BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 55 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: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT STS WAS SHOVELING ICE YESTERDAY NO C/O L RIB PAIN DX AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/11/2008	Age: 53 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
COMPLAINS OF SUDDEN ONSET OF SUBSTERNAL CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW, OCCURED A WEEK AGO, STILL WITH CHEST PAIN>>MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 72 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 DEVELOPED AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	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
PT STRAINED UPPER TRUNK SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 62 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
STRAIN CHEST WALL - 62 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW - PAIN ON INSPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 57 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
PT STRAINED CHEST SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 52 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
PT STRAINED UPPER TRUNK SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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
63 YO F RIB PAIN FELL WHILE SHOVELING ICE OFF SIDEWALK AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 65 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW OFF CAR WHEN IT ROLLED OVER HIM SIDEWAYS UNDER IT RUNNIN G OVER CHEST CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW & TRIPPED OVER SHOVEL HITTNG CHEST ON A LARGE FLOWER POT DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 51 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
CHEST PAIN SINCE SHOVELING HEAVY, WET SNOW 3 DAYS PRIOR CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT INJURED BACK WHILE USING A SNOW SHOVEL. DX: T12 COMPRESSION FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 69 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
PT SHOVELING SNOW, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, CAME TO ER FOR EVALUATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/31/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
THORACIC PAIN-AFTER SHOVELING SNOW FROM PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 53 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAD CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 70 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
SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHICH WAS NON CARDIAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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