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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 632
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX; HEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/26/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tables |
| 61 YOM GOT UP TO USE BATHROOM PASSED OUT AND HIT JAW ON NIGHTSTAND;CEAS E-TO-BREATH, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 69 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| 69 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY- EXPIRED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 70 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| 70 YOM PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| CHI. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 81 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 |
| 81 YO MALE WAS DIZZY AND COLLAPSED TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 90 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: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Floors or flooring materials |
| EARLIER, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGINST A FLOWER POT, NO LOC @ THIS T IME, LATER FOUND BY HUSBAND ON BED FROOM FLOOR>>INTRACRANIAL HEAMOR,DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/15/2008 | Age: 82 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| 82 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 54 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: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories |
| BICYCLIST STRUCK BY PICK UP TRUCK. D:MASSIVE RIGHT CHEST INJURY W/ FLAI L CHEST, LIKELY HEMO-PNEUMOTHORAX, CHI. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 67 YOM FELL TO FLOOR AT HOMECONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT RIDING HIS BIKE WITHOUT A HELMET STRUCK BY A CAR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY FRACTURED SKULL AND SUBARACHNOID BLEEDING DEAD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 61 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 |
| ICH. PT FEL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 90 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 |
| FELL IN SHOWER. DX- SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE, EXPIRED # |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-UNWITNESSED FALL TO FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials |
| AS PER WIFE, PT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF HIS BED AND SHE HEARD A NOISE IN THE FLOOR. DX. ACUTE HEMORRHAGE BLEED INTRACRANIAL. (PT DIED IN ER) |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 57 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS INTOXICATED WO\ITH BAL OF 293 FELL DOWN STEPS DX CLOSE HEAD INJURY/ETOH INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 51 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: Counters or countertops |
| HEAD TRAUMA - 51 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN HER KITCHEN HITTING HEAD ON COUNT ERTOP - PRESENTS WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS - PT DIED ON CT SCAN MACHIN |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SAH. PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials, Bathtubs or showers |
| COLLAPSED ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE BATHTUB, PTIN A FULL ARREST. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST SECONDARY MYOCARDIAL INF.* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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