Lethal accidents - Elevators or other lifts - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 59
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: 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

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