Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 897
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Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
66 YO MALE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW ATYPICAL CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 59 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
CHEST PAIN. PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2005	Age: 68 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
CHEST PAIN-STARTED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 66 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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LEFT RIB CONTUSION.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
PT PRESENTED W/ CHEST PAIN. PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW EARLIER-DX CHEST PAIN 2ND TO SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	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
SHOVELING SNOW EARLIER IN DAY, REPORTS TO ER WITH PAIN FROM NECK INTO CHEST DX:CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2005	Age: 55 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
PT C/O CHEST PAIN. STARTED LEFT SCAPULA, WENT UP LEFT SIDE OF NECK AND DOWN LEFT ARM AFTER HE SHOVELLED SNOW-DX CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2005	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SPRAINED HIS CHEST FROM SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	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: Manual snow or ice removal tools
STRAIN UPPER BACK - PATIENT REPORTS ONSET OF UPPER BACK PAIN WHEN SHOVE LING SNOW - THEN WENT TO CHURCH AND FELL IN PARKING LOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2005	Age: 53 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 SUDDENLY DEVELOPED CP WHILE SHOVELING SNOW SUSTAINED " CHEST PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2005	Age: 72 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
PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND DEVELOPED CHEST PAINS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WITH CHEST PAINS AFTER SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	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
LEFT RIB STRAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND INJURED RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2005	Age: 81 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 AND FELL ONTO BACK AND FX A RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 71 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
PT WAS SHOVELING THE SNOW LAST PM, TODAY, C/O: CHEST WALL PAIN SUSTAINE D" CHEST WALL MS STRAIN' ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	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
C/ O CHEST PAIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW DX: CHEST WALL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
C/O SEVERE LT CHEST PAIN, BEGAN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW/ CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
CONTUS R RIBS; WAS PUSHING SNOW, RAN HANDLE OF SHOVEL INTO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	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
PT INJURIED CHEST WALL MS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHOVEL SNOW, SUSTAINED " CHEST WALL MS STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2005	Age: 74 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 SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2005	Age: 54 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 SUSTAINED CHEST PAINS SINCE SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 65 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 COLLAPSED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME, SUSTAINED " CARDIAC ARREST"
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/19/2005	Age: 64 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
CHEST PAIN BEGAN WHEN SHOVELING SNOW. CHEST PAIN, R/O MI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 62 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 DEVELOPED RIB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	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 WHILE SHOVELING SNOW--RESULTING IN UNSTABLE ANGINA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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