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Lethal accidents - Year 2003 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 906
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.

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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/28/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Snowmobiles
INTERNAL INJ;CODE 99/40YOM ON SNOWMOBILE & IT FLIPPED AND LANDED ON HI S CHEST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/10/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tables
FELL AT HOME IN HIS BEDROOM, LANDING ON HIS NIGHT STAND, C/O PAIN IN LE FT SIDE OF CHEST, MOANING, EXPIRED IN ER. DX RIB FX, EMPHYSEMA, CHF.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/27/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
RIDING BIKE STOPPED FAST AND WENTOVER HANDLE BARS INTO ONCOMING SEMI, DRAGGED 20-0 FEET AND PINNED BETWEEN TIRES/MULT TRAUMA,MASSIVE BLOOD LO
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/30/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: House repair or construction materials, Air conditioners
FELL 15 FT FROM ROOF ONTO AIRCONDITIONER STRIKING CHEST ON IT;MED FLITE IN;DOA,EXSANGUINATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/27/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, EXPIRED. DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/31/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Dancing
PT, HISTORY OF HEART SURGERIES, SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST WHILE DANCING A T CLUB. D: CARDIAC ARREST. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/21/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Exercise equipment, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS AT THE *** WALKING ON TREADMILL, STEPPED OFF AND COLLAPSED TOFLO OR (DIED AT SCENE)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/17/2003Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ceilings and walls
PATIENT WAS PINNED BY A CAR AGAINST THE WALL. DX-MULTIPLE TRAUMA BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORAX, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/31/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
PT FOUND BY EMS DOWN IN YARD WHILE CUTTING GRASS; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/17/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Exercise
ARRHYTHMIA MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - PATIENT WITH NO CARDIAC HISTORY HAD ONSET OF CHEST PAIN AFTER HIKING FOR 3 HOURS YESTERDAY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/22/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING-HELMETED TRAUMATIC CHEST INJURY-INTERNAL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/12/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
CARDIAC ARREST/56YOM FOUND IN HOT TUB BY WIFE SLUMPED OVER. OTHER COMME NT STS FOUND FLOATING. HAD NOT FELT WELL.TOOK BATH TO RELIEVE PAIN.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/01/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER CARDIAC ARREST MI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/04/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands
REPAIRING FLAT TIRE ON I 15 JACKING UP CAR BECAME SICK SWEATY COLLAPSED (HEART) NO HX HEART PROBLEMS PT EXPIRED DX CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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