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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 36
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FOUND BY DAD ON THE FLOOR AFTER FALLING FROM THE COUCH - CARDIAC ARR EST - INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLE HOMICIDE - ACITVE AT THIS TIME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CHI, DEATH WHEN CHILD SWUNG AND HIT WOODEN PART OF COUCH. ?ABUSE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/15/2006 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT'S4 Y/O SISTER CLIMBED ON COUCH TO CHANGE DIAPER, DROPPED HIM ON THE FLOOR. DX-CHI, EXTENSIVE INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, SAH. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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