MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU-WAOW) – So far this winter there have been 10 snowmobile-related deaths in Wisconsin.
Health officials say there are also a staggering amount of injuries, many of which go unreported.
A report from Marshfield Clinic between 2013-2018 concluded there were over 1,000 injures that were reported to health officials.
Of those, the clinic knows many incidents go unreported and estimates there are about 640 snowmobile injuries every year in Wisconsin.
Most come from night riding or riders being unfamiliar with the trail. “Thirty percent of them had some sort of fracture,” said Jennifer King, an epidemiologist at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute. “So, a broken bone of some type and the most common broken bones were upper extremities. So, upper arms, wrists, hands, those types of things.”
With over 200,000 registered snowmobiles in the state, they’re hoping riders take their health and safety seriously.
Comments