11,500

Cardiac-related deaths caused by shoveling snow grab the headlines (understandably so), but between 1990 and 2006, there were “only” 1,647 incidents all told, according to the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. By comparison some 11,500 injuries were reported on average each winter, for a grand total of some 195,000 injuries treated in the emergency room […] The post 11,500 appeared first on NJ Spotlight News.