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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 366
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/05/2002 | Age: 67 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 |
| PATIENT WAS OUT SHOVELING SNOW, RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE AND COLLAPSED IN HIS KITCHEN. DX CARDIAC ARREST. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/05/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| SHOVELING SNOW - FELL EXPIRED -CARDIAC PULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/08/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING SNOW ALL DAY AT SCHOOL, FELT LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT LATER . DX: SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL EPISODE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PATIENT HAS BEEN SHOVELING LANDFIELD THIS WEEKEND, WHEEZING AND CO UGHING EVER SINCE. DX: ASHMA EXCERBATION DUE TO SHOVELING DUST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| RAPID HEART RATE, DIAPHORESIS, SOB, SHOVELING SNOW AND FELT AS IF HE WERE GOING TO PASS OUT. DX ATRIAL FLUTTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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