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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 814
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, 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: 11/28/2005 | Age: 73 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: Tractors |
| FOUND PINNED UNDER TRACTOR, RAN OVER BY TRACTOR DX: TRAUMATIC CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Exercise |
| CARDIAC ARREST - 46 YOM COLLAPSED WHILE WORKING OUT AT A GYM, WAS NOT A BLE TO BE REVIVED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STEPS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| CARDIAC ARREST - 54 YOM WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND FAMILY HEARD HIM FALL, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN TUB, CAME TO HOSPITAL AS A WORKING CODE |
| 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: 08/02/2005 | Age: 47 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: Other |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| BICYCLIST STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY MOTOR VEHICLE. HIT AND RUN. D: CARDIAC ARREST. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Exercise equipment, Exercise |
| CARDIAC ARREST - 52 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL WHILE EXERCISING ON TREADMIL L |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT ON BICYCLE RIDING DOWN INTERSTATE WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK. MASSIVE DAMA GE TO TRUCK WINDSHIELD. D: CARDIAC ARREST, MULTI-SYSTEM FAILURE. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/08/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT JUMPED OFF A 3 STORY WINDOW SUSTAINED " TRAUMATIC CARDIAC ARREST" |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 69 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: Knives |
| FELL, LANDED ON KNIFE IMPALED IN CHEST DX TRAUMA ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; D.A.A.: MOWING LAWN AT HOME, SUDDENLY COLLAPSE D, PRONOUNCED 10 MINUTES AFTER ARRIVAL IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/23/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT IS UNHELM BICYCLIST, GOT STRUCK BY A CAR, PT WENT INTO ASYSTOLE AT T HE FIELD, &PRONOUNCED THER AS WELL, SUSTAINED" CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST" |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT ON A BICYCLE AND WAS HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK DX: RIB FX, CLAVICLE FX |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fences or fence posts, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST: DECEASED AFTER ARRIVAL: AT HOME OUTSIDE PAINTING A FENCE, WITNESSED COLLAPSE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/09/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles |
| FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT, CPR IN PROGRESS DX: CHEST TRAUMA, CARDIAC RESPIRATORY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| CARDIAC ARREST: AT LOCAL NURSING HOME, FOUND IN SHOWER PULSELESS AND APNEIC DISPOSITION STATES DOA ALSO USED WHEN PT DIES IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/01/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Snow throwers/blowers |
| CARDIAC ARREST: BLOWING SNOW AT HOME, CAME INTO HOUSE THEN COLLAPSED SQUAD CALLED, ASYSTOLE ON ARRIVAL, EXPIRED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT COLLAPSED WHILE SHOVELING SNOW AT HOME, SUSTAINED " CARDIAC ARREST" |
| 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: 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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