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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,232
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:271
Year 1998:112
Year 1999:209
Year 2000:536
Year 2001:541
Year 2002:559
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:687
16-25 years old:5
26-50 years old:374
50+ years old:1,163

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:1,409Upper Trunk:378
Head:179Face:151
Upper Leg:66Unkown:40
Mouth:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2002Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PATIENT FOUND BY MOTHER IN BED UNRESPONSIVE; SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/26/2002Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Music boxes or chimes
DOA/12MOM IN CARE OF GRANDMOTHER & MOTHERS BOY FRIEND. G-MA LEFT HOUSE FOR 10 MINUTES. PT IN TODLER BED NEXT TO MUSIC BOX.FELL OUT OF BED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/09/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PATIENT FOUND BY MOTHER UNRESPONSIVE IN BED AT HOME; CAUSE OF DEATH UNK NOWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/29/2002Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
PTS MOTHER AWOKE TO FINDER PT UNRESPONSIVE IN THE BED NEXT TO HER CARDI OPULMONARY ARREST ANOXIA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 4 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
4 M/O PT WAS SLEEPING IN BED W/PARENTS & WAS FOUND TO BE NOT BREATHING 3 HRS LATER. DX: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
45 YO FEMALE FELL OUT OF BED DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/26/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
PT FOUND BY MOM CYNOTIC UNRESPONSIVE IN BED, APNEA, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PT WAS SLEEPING ON ADULT BED AND WAS FOUND BY MOM NOT BREATHING. DX: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/04/2002Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PT WAS BREAST FED THEN PUT IN BED W/MOM & WAS FOUND NOT BREATHING BY DAD IN AM. DX: CARDIORESPITORY ARREST, SIDS.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/09/2002Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds, Blankets
PT FOUND UNDER COVERS IN BED WITH MOM, R/O SISD, SENT TO CRIME LAB; CAR DIOPULMINARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/02/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds, Bedsprings or bedframes
STUCK BETWEEN BEDRAILS OF BED AT A GROUP HOME RESPIRATORY ARREST ASPHYXIATION EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/15/2002Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT 8:45 A.M. AFTER BEING PUT TO BED ON STOMA CH AT MIDNIGHT; DX: SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/05/2002Age: 4 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PT WAS SLEEPING WITH MOTHER AND 4 YEAR OLD SIBLING IN MOMS BED - MOM AW OKE WITH 4 YEAR OLD ON TOP OF PT - PT WAS LIFELESS. D: CARDIOPULMANAR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/28/2002Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
MOM BREAST FED PT @0200 & @ 0600 MOM FOUND FOAM & SOME CLEAR FLUID & SO ME BLOOD COME OUT OF NOSE - ALL FAMILY MEMBERS SLEEP ON ONE BED TOGETHE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/12/2002Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PT HAD BEEN LAID DOWN ON BED WHILE FATHER WENT TO TAKE SHOWER - WHEN DA D CAME OUT OF SHOWER PT WAS LYING FACE DOWN ON BED & UNRESPONSIVE. D:
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/25/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PT COLLAPSED ONTO BED. DX: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST, ANEMIA, CHF.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/15/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
79 YOF RESIDENT OF LOCAL NURSING HOME WAS FOUND IN BED IN FULL ARREST. ANOXIA - CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/24/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
HUSBAND HEARD THUMP AT HOME, FOUND PATIENT HAD FALLEN FROM BED, ON FLOOR, UNRESPONSIVE, ASYSTOLIC. DX CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2002Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PT HAD LAID DOWN ON BED WITH MOTHER FOR A NAP AND WAS DISCOVERED U NRESPOSIVE . D: CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/11/2002Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
PATIENT FOUND NOT BREATHING AND UNRESPONSIVE IN BED BY MOM, CPR PE RFORMED IN ROUTE TO ED; RESP/CARDIAC ARREST, DOB - *****
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/21/2001Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Clocks
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/26/2001Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/23/2001Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/09/2001Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/22/2001Age: 3 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Pillows
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/15/2001Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/17/2001Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/07/2001Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/22/2001Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/21/2001Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/18/2001Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/15/2001Age: 3 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/01/2001Age: 3 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/05/2001Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/14/2001Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Beds, Toilets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/13/2001Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/04/2001Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/16/2000Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/24/2000Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/05/2000Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/30/2000Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Beds, Baby bottles or nipples
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/24/2000Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/18/2000Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/04/2000Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/07/2000Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/27/2000Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Toilets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/20/2000Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/22/2000Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/14/1999Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/09/1999Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/18/1999Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/19/1999Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/24/1999Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Beds, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/02/1999Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/03/1999Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/25/1999Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Beds, Toilets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/15/1998Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/04/1998Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beds, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/11/1998Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/08/1997Age: 4 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds, Blankets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/07/1997Age: 3 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/30/1997Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/15/1997Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beds, Toilets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/13/1997Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds, Bedsprings or bedframes
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/30/1997Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/05/1997Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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