Lethal accidents - Weight lifting - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 82
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 2003:	68
Year 2008:	14

Lethal Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	14
26-50 years old:	68

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:

Head:

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 6 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: Weight lifting
PT WAS WITH DAD WHO WAS WEIGHT LIFTING WHEN WEIGHT WHIPPED BACK & HIT PT. DX: DEVASTATING HEAD INJURY W/DEPRESSED SKULL FX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Weight lifting
49 YOM WAS LIFTING WEIGHTS AT *** CORRECTIONAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS A N INMATE; SUDDENLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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