Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,019
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	1,072	Upper Trunk:	217
Neck:	139	Shoulder:	119
Wrist:	111	Face:	84
Hand:	71	Foot:	69
Ankle:	33	Head:	33
Elbow:	16	Knee:	16
Upper Leg:	16	All Of Body:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SHOVELING TUESDAY C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AND BURNING PAIN LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AND STRAINED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELLING SNOW AND FELL ON ICE.
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: 12/13/2003	Age: 25 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.PT WAS SHOVELING SMOW AND FELL AND HIT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT STS SHOVELING SNOW & SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN, TENDERN ESS, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW PREVIOUS DAY NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
STRAIN LOW BACK - PATIENT COMPLAINS OF LOW BACK PAIN AND REPORTS "SHOVE LING TOO MUCH!" AT HOME TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT STATES SHE WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURING BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. WAS SHOVELING SNOW ON PORCH, FELL INJURING HEAD, HAND AND SPRAIN TO NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING PREVIOUS DAY ACUTE LOW BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN SHOVELING SNOW, LOW BACK PAIN SCIATICA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HIT EYE ON SNOW SHOVEL 15 MIN PTA DX: LT EYEBROW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAS LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
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: 02/27/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
24 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH BACK PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN OUT SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SUSTAINED CHEST WALL STRAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O WEAKNESS FROM SHOVELING SNOW ALL DAY DX:WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O CHEST PAINS W/ RADIATION TO L ARM SINCE SHOVELING SNOW ~4 DAYS AGO. DX: ACUTE CHEST PAINS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT REPORTED LBP AFTER SHOVELING SNOW OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. DX: ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN; LOWER BACK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
22 YO FEMALE SHOVELED SNOW ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HURT BACK SHOVELING SNOW DX: DORSAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME FOR 2 DAYS THIS WEEK, NOW HAS LOW BACK PAIN. DX LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
25 YO MALE HURT ANKLE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
19 YO FEMALE WAS SHOVELING AND SLIPPED BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN WITH SHOVELING SNOW, BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ABD PAIN, THREATENED PREGNANCY - 18 YOF SHOVELED SNOW X1 HR YESTERDAY, 6-8 WKS PREGNANT, VAG BLEEDING APPROX 1 HR AFTER SHOVELING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HURT SHOULDER SHOWELING SNOW. LEFT SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
STRAIN CHEST WALL, VIA EMS, PT SUST INJURY SHOVELING SNOW, C/O CHEST PAIN, TENDERNESS, NO SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SPRAIN LWR BACK, PT STS SHOVELING SNOW & SUST INJURY AT THE STREET, C/O SEVERE PAIN, HX OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAS BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: MYOFACCIAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HURT BACK WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O"GOT HIT IN FOREHEAD W/A SHOVEL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O HIT IN THE HEAD WITH SHOVEL BY ACCIDENT THIS EVENING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ACUTE RT THORACOLUMBAR SPRAIN, SHOVELING SNOW YESTERDAY AT HOME, C/O BACK PAIN TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Eyeglasses
PATIENT HIT ON EYE WITH SNOW SHOVEL WHEN WEARING GLASSES AT HOME, SEEN AT URGENT CARE, SENT TO ED; EYELID LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT HIP CONTUSION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL AND LANDED ON HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING THE SNOW AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
22-YOM SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS FOOT AS A RESULT OF BEING STRUCK BY A SNOW BLADE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT ELBOW FRACTURE.PT WAS SHOVELING THE SNOW AND FELL ON ICE AND INJUR ED ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SUSTAINED STRAIN TO THIGH AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CONTUSION HAND - PATIENT REPORTS HE WAS SHOVELING ICE AT HOME AND SHOVE L HANDLE SMACKED BACK INTO PALM OF RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LT ANKLE CT-SON HIT PT W/A METAL ICE SCRAPER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED SHOULDER.
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: 01/13/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT RECENTLY SHOVELED SNOW. ACUTE LUMBAR PAIN
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

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