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Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - Year 2004 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 346
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Date: 12/31/2004Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHI.PT WAS SHOVELING AND HIT HEAD ON SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2004Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ICH. PT FELL HITTING HEAD WHEN SHOVELING SIDEWALK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHI.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW, SLIPPED ON ICE ANDFELL/ CONCUSSION W/LOC, NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SUST HEAD INJURY HIT HEAD WITH SHOVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHI - 34 YOM C/O BEING DAZED AND STUNNED, WAS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK BY A SCOOP SHOVEL BEING USED BY THE NEIGHBOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT HEAD AND FACIAL CONTUSION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL ON ICE A ND INJURED HEAD AND FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2004Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE-SHOVELING SNOW-DEVELOPED HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/28/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHI. PT FELL AND LANDED ON A SHOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT. WAS SHOVELING SNOW/ICE AND FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM. DX. AC UTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN DORSAL CONT, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LACERATION HEAD - 8 YOM WAS PLAYING IN A SNOW TUNNEL AND GOT HIT ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL ACCIDENTALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Ceilings and walls
HEAD LACERATION-PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND SLIPPED STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON A BRICK WALL. SUS A 4 1/2CM V SHAPED LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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