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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 413
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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, Stairs or steps |
| SHOVELING SNOW AND ICE OFF FRONT STEPS AT HOME WHEN SLIPPED TWISTING L ANKLE AND LEG DX AVULSION FX L FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT WAS USING A SNOW SHOVEL AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX: LEFT DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 30 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 |
| SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, FELL AND CUT LEG/ LT LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| LEFT SHIN CONTUSION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL ON CURB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2008 | Age: 62 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 |
| PT HAD INJURY 2 WEEKS AGO AND WAS OUT SHOVELING SNOW TODAY AND SLID FOO T THAT WAS INJURED. DX: FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HIT LOWER LEG WITH A SNOW SHOVEL DX- ABRA CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW, FELT PAIN BEHIND KNEE, LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HIT LEG WITH SNOW SHOVEL/ HEMATOMA,CONTUSION RT LOWER EXTREMITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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