Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 50+ years old - Year 2002

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,769
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	727	Lower Trunk:	345
Neck:	220	Upper Arm:	215
Shoulder:	192	All Of Body:	160
Knee:	153	Head:	152
Lower Leg:	129	Hand:	98
Upper Leg:	76	Wrist:	68
Ankle:	68	Face:	60
Foot:	60	Finger:	38

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		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-SUS INJ TO BACK RADIATING TO LOWER EXTREMETIES AFTER SHOV ELING SNOW YESTERAY. HEARD A POP IN LOWER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	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
PT STATES HER CAR WAS STUCK IN SNOW AND DID A LITTLE SHOVELING AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
DISLOCATION SHOULDER - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF LEFT SHOULD PAIN WHEN S HOVELING SNOW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 66 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-AFTER SHOVELING SNOW-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
LS STRAIN-AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 74 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AND HAD CHEST PAIN; SUFFERED AN MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
BLEEDING WOUND TO RIGHT LOWER LEG WH ILE OUT SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME, ? SPONTANEOUS OR ? PICKED AT SPOT. DX BLEEDING VARICOSITY RT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
58 YO MALE WAS HIT IN LEFT KNEE WITH SHOVEL LEFT KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 52 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
PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SLIPPED ON ICE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW INJURING SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HAND PAIN - 58 YOF C/O RIGHT HAND PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 51 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
LUMBAR STRAIN - 51 YOF C/O LOWER BACK PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
BITE ANIMAL OPENED - 51 YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WAS BITTEN ON LEFT L OWER LEG, DOG WAS LEASHED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 54 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
LUMBAR STRAIN - 54 YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW YESTERDAY AND BEGAN TO HAVE P AIN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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
PT SUST. SHOULDER STRAIN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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 CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 70 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW AND HAD CHEST PAIN;? OF HAVING AN MI,ADMIT FOR TESTING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 67 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
PATIENT WAS OUT SHOVELING SNOW, RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE AND COLLAPSED IN HIS KITCHEN. DX CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SPRAIN LT HAND WHILE SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2002	Age: 70 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH CHEST PAIN - ONSET WHEN SHOVELING SN OW AT HOME - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/10/2002	Age: 58 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
LEFT SACRAM INJURY.PT WAS LIFTING AND USING A SHOVEL AND INJURED SACRAM .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS SHOVELING DIRT TO BUILD A WALL, WENT TO THROW THE DIRTAND FELT A POP IN LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAD PRIOR PX AND REINJURED ARM SHOVELING SNOW. DX: R BICEPS TENDONITIS/STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
61 YOF FELL WHILE SHOVELLING ICE AND HURT LEFT WRIST-DX TENDON STRAIN LFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 55 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
PT SUSTAINE ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT INJURED R HAND SHOVELING SNOW, TENDONITIS R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	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
CHEST PAIN;COPD/64YOWF THIS AM USING SHOVEL TO PUSH SNOW OFF SIDEWALK A ND C/O CHEST PAIN AND SOB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
FELL SHOVELING SNOW/BILMALEOLAR FX RT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
KNEE PAIN X 5 DAYS AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/ACUTE KNEE EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 52 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: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CHEST PAIN-SINCE SHOVELING SNOW-4 DAYS PTA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT. HAS BEEN DRINKING ETOH AND SHOVELING RESULTING IN A SWOLLEN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW WHEN HE FELL FORWARD INJ NOSE DX: NASAL BONE FX AB NOSE +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PAIN IN NECK AND ARM AFTER SHOVELING SNOW/NECK AND ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 79 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 WAS INJURED THREE WEEKS AGO SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LAC RT FOOT, STEPPED ON A SNOW SHOVEL WITH BOTTOM OF FEET, HURTS TO WAL K%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	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
LOWER LEG ABRASIONS, DUE TO SNOW SHOVELING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - VICTIM WAS SHOVELING SNOW THIS MORNING AND FE LL STRIKING HIS HEAD - HE STATES HE SLIPPED ON ICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 58 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 INJURED BACK SHOVELING SNOW, LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 80 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW C/O CHEST PAINH. CHEST PAIN. R/O M.I.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CONTUSION RT KNEE WITH EFFUSION, SLIPPED AND FELL ON KNEE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 62 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
PT DEVELOPED DIZZINESS WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX DIZZINESS/VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 77 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
PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURY TO HEAD AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE SIDEWALK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	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
AT HOME AT 1030, DOING MINOR HOUSE WORK, SHOVELING SNOW, GOT PAIN BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES AND CHEST PAIN. DX ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 67 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
PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX CHEST PAIN UNKNOW N ETIOLOGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
SHOVELING SNOW AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
82 YOF WAS SCRAPEING ICE WITH SCRAPER OFF CAR; SLIPPED; LOST BALANCE AND FELL. FRACTURE, LEFT UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2002	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	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
CHEST PAIN, STARTED SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME LAST WEEK. DX NONSPECIFIC CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT INJURED ARM SHOVELING SNOW, BICEPS TENDON STRAIN SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 68 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: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW PAIN IN BACK - RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 66 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SUDDEN ONSET CHEST PAIN SHOVELING SNOW. CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT COMPLAINT OF SHOULDER PAIN WITH SHOVELING, R SHOULDER PAIN SECONDARY TO BURSITIS TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SHOVELING IN DRIVEWAY AND FELL, COULDN'T GET UP, SPINAL FX FEMUR, KN EE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
RAPID HEART RATE, DIAPHORESIS, SOB, SHOVELING SNOW AND FELT AS IF HE WERE GOING TO PASS OUT. DX ATRIAL FLUTTER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT. WORKING IN SNOW SHOVELING ON THURSDAY, HAD R ARM AND BACK PAIN . DX. CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	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
57 YOF SHOVELING SNOW FELL FX TIBIA FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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