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Lethal accidents - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 159
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Year 1999:66
Year 2002:16
Year 2008:59
Year 2010:16
Lethal Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:59
50+ years old:99

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 04/27/2010Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Beds or bedframes
75YOF, SENT IN FROM ECF AFTER FELL OUT OF BED TO THE FLOOR, BECAME UNRE SPONSIVE ON THE WAY TO ED>>THIGH/FACIAL CONTS/DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR DOORS SUSTAINED DEGLOVING INJURY TO UPP ER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/18/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Brushcutters, powered, Tractors
DEATH S/P TRACTOR *** ACCIDENT, ROLLED OVER ON PT.. DX-NEAR AMPUTATION FEMUR, OPEN FX-LOWER LEG, MULTIPLE LACERATIONS.
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

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