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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,300
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2003 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL ON FLOOR AT HOME AND HAD INTERNAL HEAD BLEED - DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/21/2003 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME UNRESPONSIVE AFTER FALL STRUCK HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/11/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Ladders |
| PT REPORTEDLY FELL 8 FEET FROM LADDER STRIKING HEAD ON CONCRETE. D:SUBD URAL HEAMTOMA, SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, RIB FXS. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| HIT BY CAR ON BIKE DX. CHI-DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/02/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| SKUL FX, INTRACRANIAL BLEED, SUBDURAL BLEED, OPEN FX R WRIST; FELL DOWN STAIRS @ HOME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/26/2003 | Age: 65 years | 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: Stairs or steps |
| PT FOUND DOWN AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/20/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Exercise |
| COLLAPSED WHILE EXERCISING, FOUND BY DAUGHTER + LOC DX: ACUTE SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/06/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| PT FELL 15 FEET OFF THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE. DX OPEN SKULL FX, PT EXPIRED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles, Poles |
| PT HIT A POLE WHILE ON FOUR WHEELER, AT FAST RATE OF SPEED DX: DEPRESSED SKULL FX, TRANSFERED TO MORGUE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/26/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 52 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR FROM STANDING POSITION LACERATION HEAD - CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WAS RIDING HIS BIKE WITHOUT A HELMET FELL OFF STRIKING HIS HEAD CLOS ED HEAD INJURY WITH CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| DIED WHEN ON BIKE AND HIT BY CAR |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 47 years | 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: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: All-terrain vehicles |
| PT RIDING ATV 4 WHEELER W / DAD , HIT SOMETHING ON THE BEACH , ATV FLIP PED OVER. D; UNRESPONSIVE , CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| BICYLIST STRUCK BY AUTO DX: SKULL FX/ DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/12/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 75 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT IN CHAIR AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CONTUSION HEAD - CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/10/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| COLLAPSED ON BATHROOM FLOOR. DOOR LOCKEDDX: FULL ARREST, HEMATOMA SKULL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL TO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Ladders |
| SLIPPED ON LADDER AND FELL SEVERAL FEET WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES. DX: FRACTURED SKULL, SUBDURAL HEMATOMA , RIHT SHOULDER FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| DX:L SDH. FELL 2 FT FROM DECK STRIKING HEAD ON TREE STUMP. DECEASED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT PASSED OUT AT THE NURSING HOME FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE FLOOR CLOSE D HEAD INJURY- DEAD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/19/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| 72 YO MALE FELL OFF ROOF AND HIT HEAD FRACTURE SKULL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 94 YOF WAS FOUND ON FLOOR OF HER HOME BY A FAMILY MEMBER; ALLEDGEDLY PA TIENT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR. MASSIVE SUBDURAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/16/2003 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| SUSPECT MI AND HEAD INJURY - FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL HIT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR - LACERATIONS TO LEFT EYE LEFT EAR LEFT ABD AC HEAD INJURIES CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/01/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tables |
| FELL FOREWARD ONTO TABLE DX: BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, CP ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/04/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 41 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CONTUSION HEAD - CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/28/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sinks, Ceilings and walls |
| PT FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN SINK AND WALL 10 LB SINK ON HER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL TO FLOOR GETTING OUT OF BED, HIT HEAD DX. HEAD INJURY, DEATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 75 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN ROOM AT HOTEL CONTUSION HEAD - CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/01/2003 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION WHILE AT NURSING HOME, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Tables |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION AT NURSING HOME STRUCK HEAD ON TABLE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/15/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT RIDING BIKE ON THE ROADWAY STRUCK BY A CAR NO HELMET LANDED ON HEAD MASSIVE CLOSED HEAD INJURY DEAD |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/03/2003 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL BACKWARDS DOWN 4 CONCRETE STEPS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/19/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Snowmobiles |
| MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA - SNOWMOBILING ACCIDENT - PATIENT WAS FOUND OFF HIS SNOWMOBILE IN THE WOODS FACE DOWN IN SNOW - MUCH BLOOD - UNRESPONSIVE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/11/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 74 YO F FELL IN BED ROOM ON TILE FLOOR, HIT HEAD, HAD SEVERE HEAD TRAUM A. DX SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA RESULTING IN CARDIAC/RESP ARREST. DIED IN ER. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/06/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| 3 YOM HAD 36 INCH TV FALL ONTO HIM SEVERE TRAMATIC BRAIN INJ WITH TRAMATIC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/03/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FOUND DOWN ON FLOOR AT HOME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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