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Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - Year 2003 - Wrist

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,254
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:111
26-50 years old:637
50+ years old:505

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 12/14/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 12/12/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 12/05/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 04/04/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 03/13/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 03/08/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 03/06/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 03/05/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 03/01/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/26/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/26/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/24/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/23/2003Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW LEFT WRIST INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/20/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/20/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/19/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/19/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/19/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/18/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/18/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/18/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/18/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/17/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/17/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/11/2003Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/09/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 01/21/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 01/16/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 01/08/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 01/06/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 01/04/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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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