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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,254
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| DX RIGHT WRIST CONTUSION: SHOVELING SNOW, SLIPPED ON ICE AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 (R) WRIST, PT STS SHOVELING SNOW & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING SNOW WHEN ARM CRACKED AND FX WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT C/O WRIST PAIN FROM SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| STRAIN WRIST - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF RIGHT WRIST PAIN AND REPORTS ONSET WHEN SHOVELING SNOW JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT SHOVELING SNOW TODAY. ACUTE LT WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| WRIST SPRAIN-SINCE SHE SHOVELED SNOW-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2003 | Age: 59 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 FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: FX RT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2003 | Age: 18 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 |
| LT WRIST TENDONITIS-AT HOME-SINCE SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| RT WRIST CONTUSION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2003 | Age: 51 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 |
| WRIST FRACTURE - 51 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW INJURING LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2003 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT FELL ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: RT WRIST INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 29 YO M USING A SHOVEL HAD PAIN IN WRIST STRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2003 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING SNOW LEFT WRIST INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | 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 SNOW AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LEFT WRIST STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING THE SNOW AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | Age: 80 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 |
| PT WAS IN DRIVEWAY SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL LANDING ON WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| WRIST SPRAIN - 32 YOM C/O RIGHT WRIST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, House repair or construction materials |
| ACUTE RT WRIST SPRAIN, SLIPPED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW ON ROOF YESTERDAY CAUGHT SELF FROM FALLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | 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: WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 57 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 |
| HURT WRIST SHOVELING SNOW DX: WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 53 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 |
| FRACTURE RADIUS/ULNA LOWER END - 53 YOF FELL 1 HR PTA WHILE SHOVELING S NOW INJURING LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME - 56 YOF C/O NUMBNESS / TINGLING IN RIGHT WRIST, C/O PAIN TO HAND AND ARM, HAD BEEN SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 41 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 |
| SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX. 1 CM LACERATION OF L WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT STATES HE FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AND LANDED ON WRIST ADMITTED TO OR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/11/2003 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| LEFT WRIST FRACTURE.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL AND INJURED WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | Age: 37 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 |
| PT C/O WRIST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME DX:WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LT WRIST SPRAIN, SHOVELING SNOW, FELL BACKWARDS AND PUT HAND OUT TO CATCH SELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| LT WRIST CT-HIT SELF W/A SHOVEL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 80 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 |
| PT SLIPPED ON ICE SHOVELING SNOW FALLING ON L WRIST, L DISTAL RADIUS AN D ULNA FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT C/O PAIN TO LT WRIST AFTE SHOVELING SNOW X4 DAYS AGO - WRIST SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2003 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT COMPLAINT OF WRIST PAIN WITH CHIPPING ICE OFF WINDSHIELD, WRIST CONT USION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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