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Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Unkown

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 778
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/28/2010Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
51 YOM DX 2ND DEGREE FROST BITE - DUE TO SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
85 YO F WAS SHOVELLING SNOW FELT DIZZY AND FELL C/O HEADACHE DX SYNCOPE***
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/06/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
72 YOM-SHOVELING SNOW,BECAME TIRED,WENT INSIDE,BECAME DIAPHORITIC & DIZ ZY,PASSED OUT DX VASVOGEAL SYNCOPE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WITH SPRAINS FROM SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SCOOPING SNOW, CAME IN HOUSE & WIFE NOTICED SLURRED SPEECH & PT NOTI CED WEAKNESS IN ARMS. BROUGHT IN FOR EVALUATION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SUDDENLY FELL INTO SZ WHILE SHOVELING SNOW " SZ"+ " CONTS'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW -UNRESPONSIVE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/25/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: 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: 12/16/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, House repair or construction materials
PT CLAIMS TO HAVE TRIPPED IN SNOW WHILE SHOVELING SNOW OFF ROOF FROM EX TREME EXHAUSTION FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2001Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2001Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/14/2000Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2000Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/1999Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/1998Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/1997Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/01/1997Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, House repair or construction materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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