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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 272
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BLEEDING WOUND TO RIGHT LOWER LEG WH ILE OUT SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME, ? SPONTANEOUS OR ? PICKED AT SPOT. DX BLEEDING VARICOSITY RT LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| BITE ANIMAL OPENED - 51 YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WAS BITTEN ON LEFT L OWER LEG, DOG WAS LEASHED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT CUT LOWER LEG WHEN DIGGING WITH A SHOVEL AND FOOT SLIPPED AND SHOVEL HIT LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LOWER LEG LACERATION- SUSTAINED WHILE USING A SCRAPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LOWER LEG ABRASIONS, DUE TO SNOW SHOVELING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| WAS BENT OVER SHOVELING SNOW & TREE BRANCH FELL & STRUCK HIM FROM BEHIN D. OPEN LT TIB-FIB FX, RT CHEST WALL CT@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 57 YOF SHOVELING SNOW FELL FX TIBIA FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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