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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 189
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| ARRIVES TO ER NOT BREATHING AFTER CLIMBING ON DRESSER AND DRESSER FELL ONTO CHEST DX: TRAUMATIC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/10/2005 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| STABBED IN CHEST WITH KNIFE, +MEDSTAR AMBULANCE +CPR + POLICE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming pools |
| CHILD WAS MISSING AND WAS THEN FOUND IN POOL - CPR BAGAN AND CHILD TRAN SPORTED - PT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/04/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PT JUMPED ON A CONCRETE BANISTER AND IT FELL ON HIM; MULTIPLE CHEST TRA UMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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