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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,059
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2007 | Age: 11 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: Go-carts |
| MASSIVE HEAD INJURY WHEN CRASHED GO CART |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Wheelchairs |
| PT FOUND DOWN IN *** PARKING LOT WITH ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR ON TOP ONHIM. UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE. D:CODE ARREST, HEAD INJURY. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FOUND ON FLOOR/FELL BACKWARDS IN CHAIR. BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO P OSTERIOR HEAD. DOA ON ARRIVAL/UNSUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION DONE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Footwear |
| PED VS MVA. KNOCKED OUT OF SHOES & THROWN UNK AMOUNT OF FEET. DX: CLOSE D HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tractors |
| FELL FROM HAYRIDE TRAILER W/HAY PULLED BY TRACTOR&RUN OVER BY TRAILER B ACK TIRE, DIFFUSE CEREBRAL EDEMA W/EFFACED VENTRICLES/CISTERNS-DIED ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/30/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles |
| PT HAD 4 WHEELER ACCIDENT ON HWY. WAS THROWN OFF 4 WHEELER. HAD HEAD TR AUMA. DX. DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/18/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials, Beds or bedframes |
| 87 YO F CEREBRAL INFARCTION HEMORRHAGE, PT FOUND ON FLOOR BY BED UNRESPONSIVE BY FRIEND PT DIED IN ER* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/05/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Handrails, railings or banisters |
| 25 YO MALE JUMPED OVER RAILING AND FELL OPEN FRACTURE SKULL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 77 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME - SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGECTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/27/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Skateboards |
| DRIVER HIT SKATEBOARDER - DOA - PATIENT WAS NOT WEARING HELMET OR ANY P ROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN 6-10 STEPS. DX: SAH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WAS HIT BY REAR AXEL OF TANDEM SEMI AS PT CROSSED HIGHWAY ON BICYCLE OBVIOUS LEG FRACTURES AND SCULL FX PT WAS DEAD AT SCENE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL ONTO FLOOR IN NURSING HOME HITTING HEAD & BECAME UNRESPONSIVE DX: INTERCRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, PT DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Golf carts |
| PATIENT RAN OUT IN FRONT OF CAR ON A GOLF CART ON ROAD DX: MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA/C SPINE FX. UNRESPONSIVE/NO RESPIRATIONS/DIED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Tractors |
| PATIENT WAS ON A TRACTOR IN THE STREET HIT BY A CAR, KNOCKED ONTO THE GROUND. DX-SUDDEN DEATH, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/30/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| HEAD INJURY-RIDING IN BIKE RACE-WEARING HELMET-COLLISION W/ ANOTHER BI KE-THROWN INTO PATH OF P/U TRK W/ TRAILER-RESP ARREST @ SCENE-EXP IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Exercise |
| PT WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, STATED SHE WAS GOING TO GO DOWNSTAIRS TO EXERCISE, WAS SEEN AGAIN UNRESPONSIVE, DIED IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FOUND ON FLOOR AFTER FALLING OUT OF BED AND HITTING THE FLOOR. POSSIBLE HEAD INJURY PT DIED BEFORE DIAGNOSIS. |
| 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: 05/15/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FALL FROM ROOF FOUND IN YARD BY WIE DX DOA, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| CHILD ON BICYCLE WHEN STRUCK BY CAR. UNCONS & UNRESPONSIVE AT SCENE. D:HEAD INJURY. TRAUMATIC CODE ARREST. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Exercise, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT WAS JOGGING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK BYA DIESEL TRUCK SUS TAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Snow skiing |
| SKIED OFF TRAIL - FOUND DOWN EMBANKMENT - NO HELMET PER SKI PATROL MULTIPLE TRAUMA TO HEAD, CHEST AND ABDOMEN - NOT LOCAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles |
| 4 WHEELER ACCIDENT, NO HELMET, CPR IN PROGRESS DX; TBI, TRAUMATIC ARREST, DECEASED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/11/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: General home or room involvement in fires |
| PT JUMPED FROM 2ND STORY WINDOW OF BURNING BUILDING & SUFFERED SKULL FX, FIRE DEPT ON SCENE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 87 YO FEMALE FELL TO FLOOR UNCONSCIOUS AT HOME INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sleds, Swings or swing sets |
| SLEDDING ACCIDENT AND HIT PLAY GROUND EQUIPMENT. DX FATAL BLUNT HEAD/AB DOMINAL TRAUMA# |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/06/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| FELL FROM 3RD FLR WINDOW, ASYSTOLIC UPON EMS ARRIVAL " TBI" |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ~PT WAS DRINKING ETOH, THEN WENT OUTSIDE, FELL HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON STEPS SUBSTAINING OCCIPUT LAC....PT EXPIRED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN STAIRS, HITTING HEAD, +LOC, PULSLESS ON EMS ARRIVAL, PRONOUNC ED ON ARRIVAL TO ER " TBI" |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| CHI. PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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