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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,402
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups.
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 31 YOM RESIDENT OF PENITENTIARY WAS FOUND LYNG ON CONCRETE FLOOR IN CEL L; UNRESPONSIVE. HYPOTHERMIA D/T EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| ONGOING CPR. RIDING BIKE HIT BY CAR. DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/23/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Exercise, Doors |
| WAS JOGGING EARLIER, WALKING TO STORE GOT DIZZY, FELL HIT HEAD ON DOOR & COLLAPSED. SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 49 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| ALCOHOL ABUSE FELL TO FLOOR EXPIRED RESPIRATORY CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/16/2003 | Age: 40 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: Refrigerators |
| MOVING REFRIGERATOR, C/O CHEST PAIN, COLLAPSED @ HOME DX CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Soccer |
| PLAYING SOCCERE AND DROPPED TO GROUND SUFFERING A CARDIAC ARREST;DEAD O N ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/20/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Exercise |
| COLLAPSED WHILE EXERCISING, FOUND BY DAUGHTER + LOC DX: ACUTE SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/06/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL 15 FEET OFF THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE. DX OPEN SKULL FX, PT EXPIRED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/28/2003 | Age: 40 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: 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: 09/26/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Jewelry, Escalators |
| PER EMT PT TRAPPED AT TOP OF ESCALATOR,CLOTHING & ROPE-LIKE NECKLACE CAUGHT ON ESCALATOR,HAD TO BE CUT OFF TO EXTRACT PT,POSS STRANGULATION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/22/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fishing |
| WENT FISHING AND TOOK PAIN MEDS CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles, Poles |
| PT HIT A POLE WHILE ON FOUR WHEELER, AT FAST RATE OF SPEED DX: DEPRESSED SKULL FX, TRANSFERED TO MORGUE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/28/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Built-in swimming pools, Swimming |
| PT SWIMMING IN IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL AT HOME, EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN, GOT OUT AND COLLAPSED. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 47 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: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| PT SWIMMING, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, EXPIRED. DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming pools |
| PATIENT WAS FOUND IN THE SWIMMING POOL BY HIS SON, UNRESPONSIVE. DX-DROWNING. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT RIDING HIS BIKE WHEN WITNESSES STATE HE FELL OFF AND BECAME UNRSPONS IVE CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Lawn mowers |
| PT CUTTING GRASS AND CALLAPSED - CARDIAC ARREST - DOA WITH CPR AT HOSPI TAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| COLLAPSED ON BATHROOM FLOOR. DOOR LOCKEDDX: FULL ARREST, HEMATOMA SKULL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| SCUBA DIVING,CAME UP AND SIGNALLED FOR HELP,HAD CARDIAC ARREST,CPR FOR 40 MINUTES.DIED OF ACUTE GAS EMBOLISM |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| RODE HIS BIKE TO THE RIVER, WAS ROWING IN A CREW BOAT, SUDDENLY RIGID & FELL INTO WATER, 2ND BOAT FOLLOWING RETRIEVED HIM. DX CARDIAC ARREST. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Weight lifting |
| 49 YOM WAS LIFTING WEIGHTS AT *** CORRECTIONAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS A N INMATE; SUDDENLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. |
| 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: 05/07/2003 | Age: 37 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 |
| FELL HIT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR - LACERATIONS TO LEFT EYE LEFT EAR LEFT ABD AC HEAD INJURIES CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: General home or room involvement in fires |
| THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO FACE,CHEST,BACK,AND EXTREMITIES.PT WAS IN A HOUSE FIRE AND THEN DIED.FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 41 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CONTUSION HEAD - CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 47 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: Sinks, Ceilings and walls |
| PT FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN SINK AND WALL 10 LB SINK ON HER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/06/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials, Plastic bags |
| FOUND ON FLOOR PLASTIC BAG OVER HEAD & DEVICE ATTACHED TO PENIS/SCROTUM POSS. ACCIDENTAL SELF ASPHIXIATION CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/22/2003 | Age: 39 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Snow skiing |
| SKIING-HELMETED TRAUMATIC CHEST INJURY-INTERNAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT RIDING BIKE ON THE ROADWAY STRUCK BY A CAR NO HELMET LANDED ON HEAD MASSIVE CLOSED HEAD INJURY DEAD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/23/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Basketball |
| PT WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL ON A COURT WHEN HE HAD A SEIZURE AND BECAME U NRESPONSIVE, PT DIED IN ER OF CARDIAC ARREST . |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/19/2003 | 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: Snowmobiles |
| MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA - SNOWMOBILING ACCIDENT - PATIENT WAS FOUND OFF HIS SNOWMOBILE IN THE WOODS FACE DOWN IN SNOW - MUCH BLOOD - UNRESPONSIVE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: General home or room involvement in fires |
| PT IN CARDIAC ARREST WHEN FOUND IN HOUSE FIRE - FIRE DEPT ATTENDED - PT DIED AS OF RESULTES OF SMOKE AND FIRE INJURIES |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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