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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 778
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	89
Year 1998:	84
Year 1999:	66
Year 2000:	34
Year 2001:	133
Year 2003:	39
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	59
Year 2006:	15
Year 2008:	71
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	153

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
51 YOM DX 2ND DEGREE FROST BITE - DUE TO SHOVELING SNOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
85 YO F WAS SHOVELLING SNOW FELT DIZZY AND FELL C/O HEADACHE DX SYNCOPE***
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/06/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
72 YOM-SHOVELING SNOW,BECAME TIRED,WENT INSIDE,BECAME DIAPHORITIC & DIZ ZY,PASSED OUT DX VASVOGEAL SYNCOPE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT WITH SPRAINS FROM SHOVELING SNOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PT SCOOPING SNOW, CAME IN HOUSE & WIFE NOTICED SLURRED SPEECH & PT NOTI CED WEAKNESS IN ARMS. BROUGHT IN FOR EVALUATION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SUDDENLY FELL INTO SZ WHILE SHOVELING SNOW " SZ"+ " CONTS'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHOVELING SNOW -UNRESPONSIVE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
SHORT OF BREATH. PT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHEN SHOVELING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, House repair or construction materials
PT CLAIMS TO HAVE TRIPPED IN SNOW WHILE SHOVELING SNOW OFF ROOF FROM EX TREME EXHAUSTION FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2001	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2001	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2000	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2000	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/1999	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/1998	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/1997	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/01/1997	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools, House repair or construction materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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