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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,131
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| 87YOF FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/17/2009 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| 92YOF, BIBA AS FTR CODE S/P SUSTAINED UNWITNESSED FALL DOWN 20 STAIRS NOT ON ANTICOAGULANT, SHORTLY WAS PRONOUNCED>>SAH/SDH/C-SPINE FXS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Age: 68 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| 68 YOF FELL ON FLOOR, NO PULSE WHEN EMS ARRIVED. CHI, CARDIAC ARREST, EXPIRED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/22/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Vending machines |
| SLUMPED OVER SLOT MACHINE CONTUSION HEAD/ CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/20/2009 | Age: 85 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: Escalators |
| COLLAPSED AT THE TOP OF ESCALATOR AND FELL AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 15 YO FEMALE, FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT, +HELMET, CLOSED HEAD INJURY. DX DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | 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: Horseback riding |
| PATIENT STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE RIDING HER HORSE; MULT MAJOR HEAD INJURIE S, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 84 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/18/2009 | Age: 40 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: Fishing |
| COLLAPSED WHILE FISHING AND HIT HEAD ON ROCKS CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/06/2009 | Age: 89 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN THE SHOWER STRUCK HEAD YESTERDAY AND DEVELOPED U NRESPONSIVENESS SUBDURAL HEMATOMA DEAD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Televisions, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| 2YO BROTHER PUSHED 48" TV OVER ON CHILD, TV WAS SITTING ON SMALL CHEST, PT ARRIVES IN CARDIAC ARREST DX: SEVERE BHT, DECEASED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 44 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: Exercise |
| CHI. PT WAS OUT JOGGING AT 6AM AND WAS HIT BY CAR. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Ladders |
| 39YOM WAS CLEANING CHIMNEY AND FELL OFF LADDER AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Other playground equipment |
| SLIDING DOWN A *** @ HOME, UNHELMETED, FELL FROM 8-10FTH STRIKING HEAD, +LOC/DIFFUSE SCALP LAC>>SKULL FX/EPIDURAL HEMATOMA/DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/03/2009 | Age: 16 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 ON ATV WAS HIT BY ONCOMING TRAIN AT COUNTRY ROAD CROSSING PT HAS S KULL FX OPEN FX OF R FEMUR AND L HUMERUS WITH MASSIVE BLEED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| WAS HIT BY SUV WHILE RIDING BIKE CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/28/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WAS RIDING BICYCLE ON HIGHWAY AND WAS STRUCK BY RV. DX: MULTIPLE F RACTURES OF HEAD, INTERNAL INJURIES. PT DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 83 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 BASEMENT STEPS AND WAS FOUND BY WIFE UNRESPONSIVE DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT DX CONCUSSION/RIBS FX - S/P BICYLIST STRUCK BY CAR,NO HELMET. PT EXPIRED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/17/2009 | Age: 5 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: Go-carts |
| INVOLVED IN GO CART ACCIDENT, GO CART TURNED OVER ON PATIENT. DX-MASSIVE HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/15/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS OUT W/ SON AND HIT HEAD ON CAR DOOR BUT HAD NO SYMPTOMS THEN WEN T HOME & FELL OFF BED C/O HEADACHE,AMS,VOMITING.DX:DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| TRIPPED&FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF 6 STAIRS HITTING HEAD, +SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS, PRONOUCED SHORTELY UPON ED ARRIVAL>>SCALP DEGLOVING/AVULSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS, SEVERE HEAD INJURY. DX DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 64 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 |
| WITNESSED FALL COMING UP PORCH STEPS AT HOME, HIT HEAD, WENT INTO CARDI AC ARREST. DX DOA, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CARDIAC ARREST |
| 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: 05/14/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 87 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 STAIRS. DX: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY W/SAH/SDH/IPH, LUMBAR FX, SCALP FX. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/28/2009 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| PT WAS ON ROOF CLEANING GUTTERS AND FELL TO GROUND FOUND BY WIFE WITH B LEED FROM HEAD DX- TBI PT WAS PRONOUNCED UPON ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/26/2009 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | 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: Minibikes, powered |
| UNHELMETED MINIBIKE VS MOTORIZED SCOOTER, STRUCK BY A MV, FD DOWN WITH HEAVY HEAD TRAUMA, ASYSTOLIC ON THE SCENE>>BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA/ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 7 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| FD FACE DOWN WITH BRUISES ON THE FACE&NECK IN THE BATHTUB, ASYSTOLIC UP ONE EMS ARRIVAL>>CHI/CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/08/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Pressurized containers |
| PT SUSTAINED PENETRATING WOUND TO HEAD WHEN COMPRESSED GAS CONTAINER WA S SHOT OR EXPLODED. NO OTHER DETAILS. D:PENETRATING WOUND, HEAD. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 42 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: Snowmobiles |
| SNOWMOBILNG CRASH (NO SNOW ON GROUNDE) HIT A TREE. PT FOUND WITHOUT A P ULSE. TRAUMA I. INTUBATED. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY RESULTING IN DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/22/2009 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Beds or bedframes |
| PT TAKES *** WITH AN INR OF 4.81 FELL OUT OF BED STRUCK HEAD DEVELOPED A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA WITH HERNIATION DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 83 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: Clothing, Escalators |
| RIDING UP ESCALATOR AT SUBWAY STATION WHEN CLOTHES CAUGHT RESULTING INC ARDIAC ARREST WITH HEAD TRAUMA ,LATER DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 56 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| 56 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/23/2009 | 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: Ceilings and walls |
| PT GOT UP TO GO THE BATHROOM AND TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HAD AGAINST TH E WALL SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/22/2009 | Age: 89 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: Furniture, Floors or flooring materials |
| 89 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON FURNITURE THEN FLOOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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