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Lethal accidents - Ladders - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 74
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:59All Of Body:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER, OPEN SKULL FRACTURE, UNRESPONSIVE. DX MASSIVE HEAD INJ URY, ED DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders, Rope or string
PT HAS A FETISH IN WHICH HE SELF ASPHYXIATES FOR ORGASM AND WAS STANDIN G ON A LADDER WITH A ROPE AROUND NECK LADDER GAVE WAY HUNG SELF
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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