Lethal accidents - Year 2005 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,137
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	119
6-15 years old:	150
16-25 years old:	46
26-50 years old:	311
50+ years old:	509

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Bicycles or accessories:	294
Floors or flooring materials:	139
Bathtubs or showers:	91
Golf carts:	83
Basketball:	83
Fishing:	76
Stairs or steps:	69
Beds or bedframes:	66
All-terrain vehicles:	62
Doors:	41
Chairs:	31
Pipes:	15
Chair, recliner:	15
Horseback riding:	15
Vending machines:	15
Fences or fence posts:	15
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
82 YO FEMALE FELL FROM CHAIR TO FLOOR UNCONSCIOUS CONTUSION HEAD - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/05/2005	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
80 YO MALE COLLAPSED TO FLOOR AT TAJ MAHAL CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 45 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: Floors or flooring materials
45 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Garage doors, Pipes
PT AT HIS GRANDPARENTS HOUSE UNDER A LARGE GARAGE DOOR BEING HELD UP BY A PVC PIPE CHILD KICKED PIPE OUT DOOR FELL ONTO HEAD- IOI BRAIN- DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 68 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: Bathtubs or showers
68 YO MALE FELL IN SHOWER AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 65 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD FALL IN BATHTUB AT HOME. EVALUATED BYT PHYSICIAN WHILE AT HOME A ND THEN HAD LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. D:MASSIVE INTRACRANIAL HEM. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 60 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
60 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 0 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
PT RIDING BIKE FELL OFF CURB AND WAS RUN OVER BY CAR. HELMET NS. DX: MULTIPLE TRAUMA, SKULL FX'S, RIB FX'S.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/18/2005	Age: 59 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
59 YO MALE HAD A SEIZURE AND FELL TO FLOOR AT TROPICANA CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 66 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: Chairs
66 YO FEMALE FELL BETWEEN TWO CHAIRS AT CAESARS CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/10/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fences or fence posts
PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN MVA, RAN INTO A FENCE. DX-PENTRATING TRAUMA TO HEAD, OPEN SKULL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Golf carts
PT ON ROAD WALKING HIT AND RUN BY A GOLF CART UNCONSCIOUS DX HEAD INJURY S/P MV/PED ACCID
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 60 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 C/O CPR IN PROGRESS. PT FELL OFF OF BIKE UNKNOWN CAUSE. DX HEAD INJU RY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
SEEN BY NEIGHBORS AS APPARNET FALL DOWN STAIRS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Golf carts
PT WAS IN A GOLF CART AND STRUCK A TREE SUSTAINED A MASSIVE CLOSED HEAD INJURY DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 88 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 TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJU RY WITH MASSIVE IC BLEEDING DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 19 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: All-terrain vehicles
PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN A 4 WHEELER ACCIDENT, FELL OFF BACKWARDS. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 11 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
BIKE WRECK, HEAD INJURY, AVOIDING DOG DX TRAUMA ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/28/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
49 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pipes
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A PIPE. DX-MASSIVE HEAD INJURY, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Glass doors or doors with glass panels
DEATH IN ER, CAR CRASHED THROUGH PATIO DOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 26 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: All-terrain vehicles
DRIVER OF 4 WHEEL ATV STRUCK BY DRIVER OF CAR THAT FLED THE SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 19 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: All-terrain vehicles
PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN A 4 WHEELER VS SUV ACCIDENT, PATIENT WAS ON 4 WHEELER WITHOUT HELMET. DX-OPEN SKULL FX, BLUNT TRAUMA, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 STAIRS AND STRUCK HEAD HEADACHE AND + LOC SUBDURAL HEAMTOM A
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bicycles or accessories
SKUL FX, FX L FOREARM & FEMUR; CHILD WEARING NO HELMET RODE BIKE INTO S TREET @ HOME & WAS STRUCK BY PICKUP & TRAILER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/10/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
BICYCLIST RAN INTO BUS. HEAD INJURY. D: TRAUMATIC CODE ARREST. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/07/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fishing
SWEPT OFF ROCKS WHILE FISHING HEAD INJURY, DROWNED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB,HIT HEAD-LARGE LACERATION HEAD-CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL FELL OUT OF BED STRIKING HEAD ON THE FLOOR FATHER UNABLE TO AROUSE HER CLOSED HEAD INJURY EPIDURAL HEMATOMA- DIED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 68 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: Stairs or steps
PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL BACKWARDS DOWN STAIRS AND EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/10/2005	Age: 28 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: All-terrain vehicles
PATIENT HAD A 4 WHEELER ACCIDENT, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE, FACE DOWN. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/27/2005	Age: 62 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
FEEL FROM 2ND STORY, HIT WOOD FLOOR, AT FIRST AWAKE AND COMPLAINING OF HEAD PAIN, AFRAID GOING TO DIE DX: DEATH SECONDARY TO CHI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 24 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: Horseback riding
FELL OFF HORSE AND WAS DRAGGED 40-50 YARDS, HEAD INJURY, CPR IN PROGRESS DX: BHT, UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Chair, recliner
78 YO MALE FELL FROM RECLINER CHAIR CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST, CHI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/11/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
47 YO FEMALE FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/24/2005	Age: 88 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: Doors
PT. FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN ROOM AT NH, FELL AGAINST DOOR. DX. HEAD INJU RY W/FULL ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/11/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Basketball
PT PLAYING BASKETBALL AND STRUCK BY AN SUV CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH MULT IPLE SYSTEM TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 72 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
PT FELL BACKWARDS FROM A STANDING ZPOSITION STRIKING HEAD ON THE FLOOR AND NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/06/2005	Age: 77 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: Vending machines, Floors or flooring materials
77 YO MALE WAS DIZZY WHILE PLAYING SLOT MACHINE AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY - EXPLOSIVE MI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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