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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,304
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.
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Date: 12/30/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 12/16/2006 | Age: 57 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: 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: 12/03/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 11/30/2006 | 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: 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: 11/27/2006 | Age: 3 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: 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: 11/26/2006 | Age: 55 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: 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: 11/22/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | 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 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: 11/22/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 11/22/2006 | Age: 16 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: 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: 11/10/2006 | Age: 2 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: 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: 11/04/2006 | Age: 21 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: 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: 10/29/2006 | Age: 13 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: 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: 10/28/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 10/24/2006 | Age: 56 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, 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: 10/21/2006 | 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: 10/21/2006 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 10/15/2006 | 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: 09/16/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 09/16/2006 | Age: 27 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: 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: 09/13/2006 | Age: 72 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: 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: 09/09/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 09/02/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 09/01/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
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 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: 08/21/2006 | Age: 12 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: 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: 08/19/2006 | Age: 34 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: 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: 08/14/2006 | Age: 13 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: 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: 08/12/2006 | Age: 94 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: 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: 08/06/2006 | Age: 18 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: 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: 08/02/2006 | Age: 6 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 |
CHI,MULTIPLE INJURIES,ON BIKE AND HIT BY TRUCK |
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
Date: 07/14/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/21/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/21/2006 | Age: 83 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: Floors or flooring materials |
83 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR HEAD TRAUMA |
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/13/2006 | Age: 76 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 WALKING THRU MALL PASSED OUIT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR DX: CHI |
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 05/11/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 05/04/2006 | Age: 74 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 |
74 YOF INTRACEREBRAL BLEED WHEN FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME. |
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 04/17/2006 | Age: 86 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: 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: 03/24/2006 | Age: 63 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: 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: 03/17/2006 | Age: 58 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: 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: 02/11/2006 | Age: 45 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: 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: 02/10/2006 | Age: 36 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: 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: 01/28/2006 | Age: 54 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 10 STAIRS. DX: ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY, ARREST. |
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 86 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 |
UNRESPONSIVE, FOUND IN FLOOR BY DAUGHTER DX SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, DIED IN ER |
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
Date: 01/23/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 01/13/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Industrial | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 01/12/2006 | Age: 74 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 |
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: 01/08/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 01/04/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | 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: 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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