Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,420
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 1999:	226
Year 2000:	78
Year 2001:	50
Year 2002:	137
Year 2003:	207
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	99
Year 2006:	75
Year 2007:	15
Year 2008:	71
Year 2009:	108
Year 2010:	312

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
50 YOM W/GENERALIZED PAIN & TIGHTNESS ALL OVER AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. DX**: PARESTHESIA/ANXIETY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
49YR OLD WAS SHOVELING SNOW BECAME LIGHTHEADED AND DIZZY AND FELL INTO SNOW DX; DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
47 YR OLD MALE WAS SHOVELING SNOW DEVELOPED CHEST PAINS DX; ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2010	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
41 Y MALE C/O DIZZINESS AFTER SHOVELING SNOW DX: DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2010	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
SEIZURE: SUBTHERAPEUTIC *** LEVEL; 33YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW &COLLAPSED, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, KNOWN HX SEIZURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2010	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
49YO MALE WITIH CARDIAC ARREST, WAS SHOVELING AND COLLAPSED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/20/2010	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
47 YR OLD FEMALE SHOVELING SNOW AND HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE--ADMIT FOR SYN COPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AND FELT DIZZY AND FAINT WITH HEADACHE[==ADMIT FOR SYNCO PE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 SHOVELED SNOW THE LAST 3 DAYS, TO ER WITH CHEST PAIN, SOB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME BECAME AMS + COCAINE DX// COCAINE USE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CP AND LT ARM NUMBNESS, ONSET AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ ACUTE MI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Illegal drugs
H/O SUBS ABUE, GOT INTO SZ WHILE SHOVELING SNOW " SUBS ABUSE" + SZ'
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 47 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 PAIN TO BODY RADIATING TO RT GROIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW. PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHORT OF BREATH WHILE SHOVELING SNOW. DX. STATUS ASTHMATICUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ANXIETY,HYPOKALEMIA - PASSED OUT WHEN SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW;ADMIT TO RULE OUT AN M.I.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, ACUTE - 35 YOM PRESENTS VERY INTOXICATED, WAS INT OXICATED WHEN HE TRIED TO SHOVEL SNOW AND FELL OVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
MIOCARDIAL INFARCTION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND CHEST BEGAN TO HURT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PALPITATIONS-STARTED AFTER SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN, SUSPECT MUSCULOSKELETAL ORIGIN, ONSET 3 DAYS AGO AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AND GOT CO POISONING FROM EXHAUST FROM RUNNING NEARBY CA R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2003	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CVA - 40 YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW ABOUT 3 PM TODAY WHEN HE NOTICED INABIL ITY TO FOCUS, TINGLING BILAT HANDS, INSIDE HOME DROPPING OBJECTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Painting equipment, powered
PT STATES OUT SHOVELING AND PAINTING ALL DAY, AFTER TAKING SHOWER FELT PALPITATIONS, INCREASE IN HR. DX: SINUS TACH; PALPITATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SEIZURE - HAD A SEIZURE WHEN SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW - FELL EXPIRED -CARDIAC PULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PATIENT HAS BEEN SHOVELING LANDFIELD THIS WEEKEND, WHEEZING AND CO UGHING EVER SINCE. DX: ASHMA EXCERBATION DUE TO SHOVELING DUST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2001	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2001	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2001	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Tractors
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2000	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/09/1999	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/1999	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/1999	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/02/1999	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/1999	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/1999	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/02/1997	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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