Lethal accidents - Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 929
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	71
Year 2000:	70
Year 2001:	14
Year 2002:	98
Year 2003:	100
Year 2004:	134
Year 2005:	27
Year 2006:	173
Year 2007:	6
Year 2008:	106
Year 2009:	95
Year 2010:	32

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	749	Unkown:	71
Upper Trunk:	71	Head:	36

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/28/2010	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
4MOM SLEEPING ON COUCH WITH 2 OTHER SIBLINGS, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE; CARDI AC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/11/2010	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
3WOF FUSSY DURING NIGHT, MOM PUT BABY ON CHEST ON COUCH, FELL ASLEEP. R OLLED OVER ONTO CHILD. FOUND UNRESP IN MORNING. DX CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/18/2010	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Chairs
14MOM FEELING ILL X2 DAYS, HAD POSSIBLY INGESTED FOAM PADDING FROM COUC H OR CHAIR FEW DAYS AGO, ILL SINCE, UNRESPONSIVE AT HOME;CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/28/2010	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST-2MOM-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WEDGED BETWEEN MOTHER & BACK OF COUCH-@ HOME-HAD BEEN CO-SLEEPING W/ MOTHER ON COUCH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Plastic bags
MOM LEFT PT W/ GRANDMA, PT SLEEPING ON COUCH. RETURNED 3 HRS LATER, FOU ND PT FACE DOWN ON PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG, UNRESP. INTUBATED. DX CARDIAC A
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT SLEEPING ON COUCH WITH GRANDMOTHER, FOUND NOT BREATHING; CARDIA ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/14/2009	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE LAYING FACE DOWN ON COUCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/26/2009	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT FOUND FACE FIRST INTO COUCH. DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/08/2009	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Blankets
MOM PUT PT FACE DOWN ON COUCH COMPLETELY COVERED W/BLANKED INCL HEAD, S TATES THAT'S HOW OTHER 8 CHILDREN SLEPT, FOUND UNRESPON; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM BUCKLED PT IN SWING & WENT TO BED, 7 YO SIBLING TOOK PT OUT & PUT O N COUCH, MOM FOUND PT FACE DOWN ON COUCH NOT BREATHING; CARDOPUL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
DAD WRAPPED PT UP TIGHTLY AT HOME LAST PM & FELL ASLEEP W/PT ON COUCH, FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE THIS AM; DEATH OF UNK CAUSE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE & FACE DOWN ON INSIDE OF THE COUCH AT HOME, M OM & PT SLEEP ON COUCH TOGETHER; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT BROUGHT INTO ER NOT BREATHING AFTER INFANT AND MOTHER FELL ASLEEP ON COUCH MOTHER AWOKE AND PT WAS NOT BREATHING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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: 03/08/2007	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM BREAST FED PATIENT AND FELL ASLEEP ON COUCH WITH PATIENT ON MOMS CH EST, MOM WOKE AND FOUND PT NOT BREATHING; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Nonelectric blankets
PT WAS ON THE COUCH, AT DAYCARE, SCREAMING & CRYING, CAREGIVER PUT A BLANKET OVER PT', CAME BACK, PT WASN'T BREATHING. DX: CARDIOPULM. ARRES
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: 10/19/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT IN HOUSE FIRE, SOFA CAUGHT ON FIRE, ENGULFED HOUSE IN FLAMES, ANOXIA , DOA, FIRE DEPT ON SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT IN HOUSE FIRE, SOFA CAUGHT ON FIRE, HOUSE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, ANOXIA , DOA, FIRE DEPT ON SCENE
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

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM LAID DOWN WITH PATIENT ON COUCH AFTER GIVEN BOTTLE EARLIER, FOUND U NRESPONSIVE ON COUGH; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2005	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
BABY SUFFOCATED WHEN FELL ASLEEP ON SQUISHY COUCH ON DADS CHEST. WOKE TO FIND BABY BETWEEN CUSHION,
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST-@ HOME-SLEEPING FACE DOWN ON COUCH-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
BABY& MOTHER FELL ASLEEP ON SOFA BABY ROLLED BETWEEN MOTHER&SOFA POSSIBLE SMOTHERING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Beds or bedframes
MOM DROPPED PATIENT AT BABYSITTER'S EARLY A.M., PUT TO BED OR ON COUCH, FOUND LATER UNRESPONSIVE, COLD, BLUE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT SLEPT WITH MOM ON SOFA MOM NOTED PT UNRESPONSIVE @7:30AM TODAY DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST & EXPIRED-SLEEPING ON COUCH W/ MOTHER-PT FOUND NOT BREAT HING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
4MOM SLEEPING ON SOFA W/ SIBLING EXPIRED WHEN SIB ROLLED OVER ON HIM. FOUND FACE DOWN; RIGOR MORTIS, PRONOUNCED BY EMS AT SCENE - DX SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN NAPPING ON COUCH WITH FATHER AT HOME; F ULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST W/ EXPIRATION-@ HOME-CORONER REVEALED PT HAD ROLLED OFF CHEST OF 13 YEAR OLD ONTO COUCH FACE DOWN-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Televisions
MOTHER WAS SLEEPING WITH CHILD ON THE COUCH - MOM GOT UP TO TURN OFF TH E TV & PT WAS COLD. D: CPR - UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
FULL ARREST W/ DEATH-FOUND FACE DOWN ON COUCH-UNRESPONSIVE-AT HOME- POLICE & DCFS INVOLVED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT FOUND BY MOM ON BACK ON SOFA NOT BREATHING FOLLOWING EARLIER FE EDING; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Blankets
PATIENT FOUND ON COUCH ON SIDE WITH BLANKET UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIOPULMONA RY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
3 MO OLD MALE WAS FOUND FACE DOWN ON COUCH BY FATHER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
4 MONTH OLD MALE FOUND ON SOFA NOT BREATHING CEASED TO BREATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT SLEPT ON THE COUCH AT HOME WITH FATHER WHEN FATHER WOKE UP THE CHILD WAS UNDER HIM NOT BREATHING- ANOXIA- DEAD- SUFFOCATED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Pillows
PT WAS ON HER STOMACH ON THE COUCH WITH HER FACE FACING THE PILLOWS - P T BLUE & NOT BREATHING. D: EXPIRED (H/O BRAIN DAMAGE,DEV DELAY, HYPOT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/29/2001	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/24/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/04/2000	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/17/1999	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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