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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 803
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2010 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| 42YOM WENT DIVING INTO A WINDOW OF A FIRST FLOOR HOUSE. BROUGHT IN ARREST. DX CSPINE FX. DOA* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/22/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: 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: 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: 07/16/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Knives |
| PT SUSTAINED 7 STAB WOUNDS W/ KNIFE TO THE NECK PT WAS FOUND IN A PUDDLE OF BLOOD- DX- PUNCTURE NECK |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/20/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water tubing |
| RIDING ON INNER TUBE AND HIT BY ***;DX FRACTURED NECK /DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/18/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Other unpowered garden tools |
| PT HIT IN NECK/THROAT BY A HOE WHEN GARDENING DX: OPEN WOUND TO NECK |
| 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: 08/20/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Lockers, Clothing accessories |
| PT HUNG HIMSELF WITH A BELT INSIDE OF A WALL LOCKER DX NECK ABRASION |
| 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: 07/19/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles |
| DRIVER OF ATV STRUCK BY CAR INVOLVED IN UNSP ACCIDENT, LARGE NECK HEMAT OMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/22/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles |
| UNWITNESSED 4 WHEEL ATV ACCIDENT AT HOME, FOUND BREATHING, UNCONSCIOUS. DX; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL DISLOCATION. EXPIRED IN ED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Snow skiing |
| 16 YO F SKIING ACCIDENT LOST CONTROL, THROWN INTO TREES, NEAR DECAPITAT ION AT C2,C3. DX TRAUMATIC 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: 08/06/2002 | Age: 11 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: Riding power lawn mowers |
| PT STRUCK BY BRANCH IN NECK ON RIDING LAWN MOWER (SHAG MOWER), C1 C2 FX TRAUMATIC ARREST |
| 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 |
| Date: 03/15/2001 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/03/2001 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Snow tubing, Fences or fence posts |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/28/2000 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/20/1999 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Step stools, Lighting equipment |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/25/1998 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Windows or window glass |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/03/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Crushing |
| Product: Baseball |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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