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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 566
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 02/15/2010 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 34YOF TRIED TO PULL UP SNOW BLOWER FROM BASEMENT AND HEARD A CRACK DX: THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 30YOM PNEUMOTHORAX BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHILE USING A SNOWBLOWER HIS TORY OF PNEUMOTHORAX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2010 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| A 44 YOM TO ER WITH C/ O OF CHEST PAIN, STATES PULLED RIPCORD ON SNOWBL OWER 100 X'S, CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2010 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 47YOM, C/O THORACIC BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A HEAVY SNOW PLOW >>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2010 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| 36YOF, BELTED DRIVER, SLID DOWN A SNOWY HILL&GOT T-BOEND ONTO THE PASS SIDE OF THE MV BY A SNOWPLOW, NO ABD, C/O BACK PAIN>>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PUCHED AND LIFTED SNOWBLOWER AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN,HYPERTENSIVE URGE NCY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/02/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| SNOW BLOWING THE DRIVEWAY&SUDDENLY FELT A POP IN THE BACK&FELL TO KNEE >>BACK MUSCLE STRAINS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PICKED UP SNOW BLOWER & NOW HAS MID TO UPPER BACK PAIN. ACUTE MYOFASCI AL THORACIC STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| HAS UPPER BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A SNOWBLOWER----DX; NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT FELL WHILE USING SNOW BLOWER - FX RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Plants, trees and shrubs |
| 36 YOM USING SNOWBLOWER LAST NIGHT STRUCK TREE STUMP - CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| USING A SNOWBLOWER AND FELT A "POP". DX CHEST WALL STRAIN# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers, Motor vehicles or parts |
| FELL ATTEMPTING TO GET A SNOW BLOWER OFF A TRUCK " CHEST WALL CONTS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT WAS USING SNOW BLOWER AND MACHINE WAS PUSHING AGAINST PT'S CHEST CONTUSION TO CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| PT SUST CONTUSION TO RIBS SNOW BLOWER HIT PT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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