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Lethal accidents - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,304
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:50
6-15 years old:101
16-25 years old:121
26-50 years old:324
50+ years old:705

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2006Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT HAD FALL DOWN 4 STEPS IN ***. DROPPED OFF AT BORDER. PUPILS FIXED & DIALATED. D:SEVERE HEAD INJURY, BILATERAL SAH, INTRAVEN.HEM. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/16/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sports and recreational activity
PT RIDING A HORSE IN A *** WHEN BUCKED OFF AND LANDED ON HEAD. PULSELES S, APNEIC AT SCEBE BUT BROGHT TO ED. D:DEATH, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: All-terrain vehicles
ATV ACCIDENT, TRAUMA ARREST DX SKULL FX, PT DECEASED IN E/R
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
SUBURAL HEMATOMA, FRACTURE OCIPITAL BONE AFTER BEING FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT BOTTOM OF BASEMENT STEPS. UNKNOWN DOWNTIME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/27/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
CHILD DOA AFTER FALLING FROM WINDOW IN APARTMENT BUILDING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/26/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Exercise, Motor vehicles or parts
HEAD INJURY-JOGGING IN THE STREET-HIT BY ***-UNRESPONSIVE @ SCENE-EXPIR ED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT BROUGHT TO ED BY EMS AFTER FALL DOWN STAIRS AT HOME FOUND BLEEDING FROM HEAD #1 DX SEVERE CHI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
ICH. PT GOT UP FROM BED TO SLEEP IN RECLINER USING A WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
UNHELMETED PT TRYING TO JUMP ATV OVER DITCH WHEN CRASHED & LANDED ON LA RGE BOULDERS. OBVIOUS HEAD INJURY. D:TRAUMATIC CODE ARREST. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Baby strollers
PT/SIB IN STROLLER ENTIRE FAMILY HIT AND RUN SIBLING,MOM &DAD @ OTHER HOSPITAL SIB,MOM&PT ALL EXPIRED. DX CARDIAC ARREST BOGGY SKULL.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/04/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials, Alcohol
PATIENT WAS WORKING ON A ROOF AND FELL OFF APPROX.15 FT HITTING HIS HEAD, ETOH USAGE. DX-MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/29/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT WAS ON A 4 WHEELER ON THE ROAD, HIT BY A CAR, EJECTED HER. DX-SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, C2 FX, PELVIC & SACRUM FX. EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/28/2006Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF BED TO FLOOR SCALP LACERATION NO CT DONE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/24/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
PT FOUND UNCON/UNRESPONSIVE LYING ON TOP OF BICYCLE S/P BEING HIT BY MV . D:CODE ARREST, HEAD INJURY. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/21/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 10/21/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: All-terrain vehicles, Plants, trees and shrubs
UNHELMETED DRIVER OF ATV INVOLVED IN COLLISION WITH TREE DX: DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/15/2006Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 09/16/2006Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL FROM 2ND STORY HOUSE ONTO DIRT SURFACE SAH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/16/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
28 YO MALE FELL OUT OF 4TH STORY WINDOW ONTO PARKING LOT CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/13/2006Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials
72 YO MALE WAS STANDING AT COUNTER AT ***S, PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOO R - CARDIAC ARREST - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/09/2006Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Chair, recliner, Tablet or capsule drugs
PT ON *** AND FELL OUT OF A RECLINER CHAIR STRIKING HEAD THREE HOURS LA TER BECAME UNRESPONSIVE IC BLEEDING *** OVERANTICOAGULATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/02/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
53 YO FEMALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/01/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE AFTER FALL DOWN STEPS AT PRISON. D:SU BARACHNOID HEMATOMA, MULTIPLE SKULL FXS, BRAIN DEATH. ADMIT.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/21/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Skateboards
PT ON SKATEBOARD WAS HIT BY A VAN. DX: BILAT FEMUR FX'S W/ARTERIAL INJURY, SKULL FX W/SDH, LIVER LAC, SPLENIC LAC, L4/5 FX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/19/2006Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
DIRT BIKE ACCIDENT/MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA, TRAUMA ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/14/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles
CHI AND MULTIPLE FRACTURES WHEN ON SMALL DIRT BIKE AND HIT BY CAR. NO HELMET
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/12/2006Age: 94 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FELL OUT OF BED AT THE NURSING HOME STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSE D HEAD INJURY WITH SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/06/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, All-terrain vehicles
UNHELMETED DRIVER OF ATV STRUCK BY CAR AT UNKN SPEED SUSTAINED MASSIVE HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/02/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
CHI,MULTIPLE INJURIES,ON BIKE AND HIT BY TRUCK
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/14/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Televisions
DEAD ON ARRIVAL, FULL ARREST, TV FELL ON HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/21/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chains
OPEN FX SKULL WHEN LOG CHAIN SNAPPED AND HIT HER WHEN DAD PULLING LOG
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/21/2006Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
83 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/15/2006Age: 93 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Floors or flooring materials
93 YO MALE SLIPPED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/13/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING THRU MALL PASSED OUIT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR DX: CHI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/20/2006Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
82 YO MALE FELL DOWN 12-13 STEPS AND CUT HEAD CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/11/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FULL ARREST, GOT UP FRONT BED, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DX: UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/04/2006Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
74 YOF INTRACEREBRAL BLEED WHEN FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/20/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Farm/ranchFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fences or fence posts
PT WAS HIT TO HEAD BY A STEEL FENCE ON A RANCH CLIMBING ON FENCE AND FELL ONTO BACK OF HEAD. DX CHI CARDIAC ARREST.PT EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/17/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
86 YOF FOUND PULSELESS AT BOTTOM OF FLIGHT OF STAIRS, VISIBLE HEAD INJU RY NOTED BY EMS, BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL AS DOA AS HAD NO VITAL SIGNS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/24/2006Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING OUT OF KITCHEN OF SOCIAL CENTER AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON CONCRETE STEP
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/17/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT W/HELMET WAS INVOLVED IN BICYCLE VS CAR CRASH, HELMET CRUSHED. DX: SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, MULT DISPL FACIAL/CRANIAL FX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/11/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING HIS BIKE ON THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK BY A CAR SUSTAINED A MASSI VE CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH FRACTURED SKULL DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mopeds or power-assisted cycles
DRIVER OF MOPED CRASHED INTO SIDE OF UNDERPASS. PT HAD PASSENGER ON MOP ED. D:TRAUMATIC CODE ARREST, HEAD TRAUMA. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/28/2006Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 10 STAIRS. DX: ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY, ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/28/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
UNRESPONSIVE, FOUND IN FLOOR BY DAUGHTER DX SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, DIED IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL OUT OF SHOWER & POINTED TO HEAD DX INTRACRANIAL BLEED, DIED IN E/R
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/13/2006Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: IndustrialFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: House repair or construction materials
PT FELL 40FT HEAD FIRST OFF ROOF
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/12/2006Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
74 YO FEMALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT CASINO BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/08/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD INJURY-FELL DOWN 7-8 STEPS ONTO CONCRETE FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN E D
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/04/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Benches
58 YO MALE FELL ONTO BENCH ON BOARDWALK UNCONSCIOUS HYPOTHERMIA, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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