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Lethal accidents - Sheets or pillowcases - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 225
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Year 2004:58
Year 2005:68
Year 2009:6
Year 2010:92
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:65
16-25 years old:160
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:209Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 06/16/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
24YOF HANGED SELF WITH SHEET FROM AIR VENT IN JAIL HANGING / CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/22/2010Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
24YO WITH NECK FRACTURE AND DEATH FOLLOWING HANGING WITH SHEETSUNCLEAR BUT POSSIBLY FOUND IN JAIL CELL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/24/2009Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
MOM PUT PATIENT IN HIS BED ON A SHEET, FOUND 4 HRS LATER WITH SHEET OVE R HEAD NOT RESPONSIVE; SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/07/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Bathtubs or showers
ASPHYXIATION; FOUND HANGING BY BEDSHEET OVER SHOWER ROD IN JAIL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/22/2004Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
ANOXIA, VIA EMS, PT SLEEPING W/A SIBLING (6YRS OLD) SAME BED, SUFFOCATE D W/A PILLOW, UNRESPONSIVE, CPR, OXYGEN APPLIED, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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