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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,246
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 11YOM, ACC GOT STRUCK ONTO OCCIPIT WITH A PLASTIC SHOVEL BY BROTHER >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 9YOM ACC GOT STRUCK ON HEAD WITH A SHOVEL, NO LOC YET WITH DIZZINESS >>CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2010 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Beds or bedframes |
| 74 YO M OUT SHOVELING SNOW, CAME IN WEAK, PASSED OUT, FELL HIT HEAD ON BED. DX SCALP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/16/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CHI. 69 YOM FELL WHEN SHOVELING SNOW HITTINGHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2010 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 45YOF FELL ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW, HIT HEAD / (L) THIGH + RIBS DX;* FALL, HIT HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2010 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps |
| 94YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW OFF OF STEPS WHEN HE FELL AND HIT HEAD. DEVEL OPED DIZZINESS. BENIGN POSTURAL VERTIGO-ACUTE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 2YOM WA SHIT IN HEAD BY ICE SCRAPER, NO LOC, DROWSY, SWELLING DX: HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 69 YOM FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/26/2010 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 69YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW & SLIPPED, STRIKING BACK OF HEAD DX;# CONCU SSION W/O LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2010 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CHI,SCALP LAC.38YOF WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CHI.31YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HEAD CONT. 74 YOM FELL IN DRIVEWAY WHEN SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SCALP LAC.24YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WAS HIT IN HEAD BY AN ICE CICLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 49 YOM CLOSED HEAD INJURY W CERVICAL STRAIN, SHOVELING SNOW WHEN HE FE LL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ICE NO LOC, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2010 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 76YOM, SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING THE SNOW&FELL HITTING HEAD, +LOC/ AMNESTIC TO EVENTS>>SAH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/11/2010 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 41YOF WHILE SHOVELING SNOW SLIPPED FELL STRIKING HEAD; CLOSED HEAD INJURY AND CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 26 YOM CLOSED HEAD INJURY W/ EYEBROW LAC, S/P FALL ON THE ICE AND HITTI NG HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND, 2 CM LAC 5 SUTURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONCUSSION-62YOF-FELL ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 17YOM HE WAS SHOVELING SNOW WITH FRIEND,THEY WERE TO CLOSE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE SHOVEL IN THE HEAD;SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 33YOF CONCUSSION, CLOSED HEAD INJURY SHOVELING SNOW WHEN LARGE TREE BRA NCH FELL FROM A TREE ABOVE HER HITTING PT ON THE HEAD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 25YOM HAD SEIZURE AND FELL TO GROUND WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AND CUT SCALP SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| HEAD LAC, 75 YOM FELL HIT HEAD WHEN SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 68 YOM-FELL & STRUCK HEAD WHILE CLEARING SNOW @ HOME ON BLACKTOP DX CONCUSSION W/LOC & SMALL SUBORACHNOID BLOOD * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 36YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL ACCIDENTALLY WHILE SHOVELING SNOW CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 6YOF WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH A SNOW SHOVEL BY HER BROTHER DX - MINOR HEAD INJ, HEAD ABRA EPISTAXIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 58 YOF WAS SHOVELING SNOW IN DRIVEWAY AND SLIPPED AND FELL FACE FIRST H ITTING HEAD SUSTAINING A CHI AND NOSE SUSTAINING A FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CONTUSION HEAD - 72 YO FEMALE ACCIDENTLY HIT SELF IN THE CROWN OF HER H EAD WHEN USING A LARGE SCOOP SHOVEL WHEN CLEARING SNOW AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 9 YOM-HIT IN HEAD W/A SHOVEL YESTERDAY BY BROTHER DX HEAD INJURY, VOMITING * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 10YOM AND FRIENDS WERE THROWING SNOW BALLS AT EACH OTHER ONE OF THE FRIENDS THREW A ICE SCRAPER HITTING HIM IN THE SCALP;CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2010 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 73YOM, BIB FAMILY WHO NOTICED CHANGE IN THE SPEECH/SLURRED SPEECH ON FR I AFTER SHOVELING THE SNOW>>NEURO PROBLEM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/02/2010 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CHI.33YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2010 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| 56YO MALE WITIH CHI FROM FALLING SHOVEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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