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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 731
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2010 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 58 YOM PT FOUND LYING ON PORCH. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/19/2010 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 72YOM-HEAD INJURY-CARDIAC ARREST-FELL OFF ROOF @ HOME-HIT DECK-EXPIRED IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/02/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 26 YR OLD MALE FELL 30 FT FROM TOP DECK OF APT TO CONCRETE WITH MASSIVE HEAD INJ-CARDIAC ARREST AND DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL FROM PORCH ONTO CONCRETE AT HOME. WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WITH H EAD INJURY.CPR IN PROGRESS UPON ARRIVAL. PT EXPIRED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 36 YOM WAS OUTSIDE WORKING ON DECK, BEGAN TO FEEL WEAK, TIRED AND SHORT OF BREATH, LAID DOWN AND FAMILY FOUND ONE HOUR LATER NO PULSE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/16/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON FRONT PORCH, BYSTANDERS SAW HIM FALL DX: UNSUCCESSFUL CPR |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL OFF A BALCONY, WAS FOUND WITH SKULL FRACTURE WITH BRAIN PROTRUDING THROUGH ONE OF THE FRACTURES. DX-DEATH 2ND-SIGNIF HD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/20/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL 3 STORIES FROM DECK LAST PM AND WAS FOUND BY NEIGHBOR IN THE AM DX: PEA, L HEMOTHORAX, BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL ON THE PORCH, FOUND IN POOL OF BLOOD. DX-TRAUMATIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, CHI. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT PRESENTED TO ER UNRESPONSIVE. WAS SITTING ON PORCH AND PASSED OUT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/16/2005 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT FELL OFF A SECOND STORY BALCONY SUSTAINED INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO HEAD AN CHEST DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/30/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| ON BACK PORCH WHEN PORCH ROOF COLLAPSED ON TOP OF HIM (SEVERAL THOUSAND LBS), UNRESPONSIVE; NEUROGENIC SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC SHOCK, FACIAL FX, CHI |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/13/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL OFF OF A 2ND STORY BALCONY HEAD FIRST ONTO CEMENT STEPS. DIED IN THE ER OF TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 71 YOM FELL ON FRONT PORCH AT HOME; STRUCK FOREHEAD. ABRASIONS TO RT. F OREHEAD. WAS DOA. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/01/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT HAD ASTHMA ATTACK, COLLAPSED AND FELL OVER BALCONY 4-6 FT LANDING IN FRONT YARD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/21/2003 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| WORKING IN YARD - FOUND SITTING ON PORCH UNRESPONSIVE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| DX:L SDH. FELL 2 FT FROM DECK STRIKING HEAD ON TREE STUMP. DECEASED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/10/2001 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/29/2000 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Chairs |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/12/2000 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/15/2000 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/28/1998 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/01/1997 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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