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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 236
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/29/2009 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| ON ***, FELL FROM A LADDER, 12FTH, WAS ON THE ROOF, STRIKING HEAD,?LOC> >C2&3&PELVIC&MUTLI RIBS FXS, PRONOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/02/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Beds or bedframes |
| FELL OUT OF BED, DX; CERVICAL FX, SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls |
| PT WENT TO BATHROOM FELL IN BETWEEN TOILET AND WALL. DX: DOA DUE TO LA RYNGEAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Beds or bedframes |
| PT IN TO BE EVALUATED FOR FALLING FROM BED AT HOME SEVERAL TIMES. PAIN TO NECK. DX=FRACTURESTO C-4-5. CODED WHILE IN ED, EXPIRED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/17/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT HAD AN UNWITNESSED FALL, FOUND DOWN ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM WITH CHIN TRAUMA. DX-POSS CERVICAL INJURY RESULTING IN CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/20/2002 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 73 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR IN RESTAURANT FRACTURE C1 AND C2 - CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON WET BATHROOM FLOOR, HIT COUNTER DX. NECK FX-DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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