Accidents - Manual snow or ice removal tools - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,392
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	47
Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	114
Year 2000:	70
Year 2002:	129
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	60
Year 2005:	157
Year 2007:	95
Year 2008:	218
Year 2009:	203
Year 2010:	261

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/04/2010	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	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, Electric heating pads
60 YOM FX DISTAL FIBULA AND CELLULITIS, LAID DOWN WITH AN ELECTRIC HEAT ING PAD ON FEET AFTER SHOVELING SNOW AND AWOKE WITH BLISTERS AND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/01/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Golf carts
76 YOM-FELL SEVERAL X'S WHILE PLOWING SNOW LAST MONTH-L LEG PAIN-SAME L EG RAN OVER BY GOLF CART 5 YRS. AGO DX L LEG PAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2010	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT FIBULA FX.54YOF WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT FIBULA FX.51YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
81YOF HURT LEFT SHIN WHILE SHOVELING SNOW LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2010	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
TIBIA FX-81YOOM-FELL WHILE SHOVELING SNOW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
TWISTED (R) ANKLE WHILE SHOVELING SNOW----FX (R) FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
53YOM WAS SHOVELING SNOW AS HE PULLED SHOVEL UP TWISTED LT LEG; LT LEG SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
FELL WHILE SHOVELING. DX- FRACTURE L TIBIA #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HAD SHOVEL FALL ON (R) LEG, TEARING THE SKIN----SKIN TEAR (R) LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	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
PT WAS USING A SNOW SHOVEL AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX: LEFT DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT HAD INJURY 2 WEEKS AGO AND WAS OUT SHOVELING SNOW TODAY AND SLID FOO T THAT WAS INJURED. DX: FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
HIT LEG WITH SNOW SHOVEL/ HEMATOMA,CONTUSION RT LOWER EXTREMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 80 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, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS PULLING SHOVEL OFF WALL AND HIT LEG AT HOME DX; CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
WAS SHOVELING SNOW SLIPPED AND TWISTED (L) LEG DX DISTAL TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/21/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
65 YOF LACERATED LOWER LEG ON SNOW SHOVEL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT C/O:ANKLE/CALF MS SWELLING, HAS BEEN SHOVELING SNOW FOR 3 DYS SUSTAI NED" CALF MS STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
C/O LOWER LEG PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW DX: L LOWER LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT RECEIVES FROST BITE TO LT LEG WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Stairs or steps
PT SHOVELING STAIRS SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON LOWER LEG ON CEMENT FLO OR LEFT LOWER LEG PAIN LEFT LOWER LEG HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
LOWER LEG LAC-RAN INTO A SNOWPLOW BLADE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
RT LOWER LEG FRACTURE.PT WAS SHOVELING ICE AND FELL AND INJURED LOWER L EG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 12/07/2002	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: 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: 01/04/2002	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)

Date: 05/24/2000	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/1999	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/1999	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/1998	Age: 71 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/1997	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/1997	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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