Lethal accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,578
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	6
Year 1998:	92
Year 1999:	206
Year 2000:	151
Year 2001:	176
Year 2002:	89
Year 2003:	187
Year 2004:	92
Year 2005:	46
Year 2006:	96
Year 2007:	30
Year 2008:	74
Year 2009:	278
Year 2010:	48

Lethal Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	484
6-15 years old:	26
16-25 years old:	114
26-50 years old:	216
50+ years old:	735

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/29/2010	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
11 MONTH OLD MALE FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN BATHTUB DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/25/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
40 YOM HAVING CP AT WORK AND WAS SENT HOME, THEN COLLAPSED IN BATHTUB DX: CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/12/2010	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
39 YOF PASSED OUT AND FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME CARDIAC ARREST- CEASED TO BREATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/24/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
FD BY MOM SUBMERGED UNDER WATER IN THE BATHTUB @ HOME, THE SHOWER CURTA INS WERE RIPPED, ASYSTOLIC UPON EMS ARRIVAL>>ASYSTOLE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
23YO WHITE MALE AT PRISON FOUND IN SHOWER WITH CURTAIN AROUND NECK ECCHYMOSIS ON NECK,DX CARDIAC ARREST, ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DROWNED IN BATHTUB; MOM FOUND FACE DOWN , UNK AMT OF TIME;DX DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FOUND DOWN IN BATHTUB.MOTHER LEFT CHILD UNATTENDED FOR 2-5 MINS. .CPR DONE ON THE WAY TO ED.CPS CONTACTED. DX:UNCONSCIOUS,DROWNING,DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/27/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS COMING OUT OF SHOWER & "FELL OVER". SUDDEN DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN TUB FILLED WITH WATER,? OVERDOSED WHILE IN TUB TH EN SYNCOPED,? DROWNING AND RESPIRATORY DEMISE, DIED IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN SHOWER IN NURSING HOME, DX CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT AT HOME FOUND IN SHOWER NONE RESPONSIVE DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/04/2009	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MOTHER FELL ASLEEP, FOUND CHILD IN BATHTUB UNRESPONSIVE, PT ARRIVED VIA EMS TO HOSP, DECEACED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FOUND IN BATHTUB BY PARENT ASPHYXIATIION DROWNING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 16 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: Bathtubs or showers
STUDENT ON SCHOOL FIELD TRIP FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HOTEL BATHTUB---CARD IOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
82 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT AND FELL IN SHOWER CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/06/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
32 YO MALE PASED OUT TO FLOOR GETTING OUT OF SHOWER CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
36 YOM FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN BATHTUB.WIFE STATE PT HAD DRAWN PATH 30 MI NUTES PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PT EXPIRED AFTER BROUGHT TO ED BY EMS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/11/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
94 YO FEMALE FELL COMING OUT OF SHOWER CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/03/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT. HX. AUTISM + SZ. DIS. FOUND UNRESP. IN BATHTUB. HAD BEEN IN CARE OF 25YO WHO LEFT ROOM A MOMENT TO ANSWER PHONE. CPR + EPI UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings
PT LEFT IN TUB WITH SIB,IN BATHTUB BABY CHAIR(PER NEWSPAPER),MOM LEFT F EW MINUTES.RETURNED TO FIND PT UNDERNEATH WATER,CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CARDIAC ARREST/ DROWNING-IN BATHTUB-@ HOME-? SEIZURE-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
65 YO FEMALE FELL FACE DOWN IN BATHTUB AT TAJ DROWNING - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT UNATTENDEDIN BATHTUB, FOUND FLOATING IN TUB DX CARDIAC ARREST, PROBABLE DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
43 YO M FOUND IN BATHTUB CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/14/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT COLLAPSED WHEN IN THE SHOWER - PT DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
72 YOM WAS TAKING A SHOWER; PASSED OUT AND FELL. ALLEGDED TO HAVE SUFFE RED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MOTHER PUT PT IN TUB TO TAKE A BATH & LEFT THE WATER RUNNING VERY SLOW LY WHILE SHE STARTED BREAKFAST; PT WAS FOUND FACE DOWN IN TUB. D: DROWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN BATHTUB, DOA/DECLARED DEAD @12PM
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT PASSED OUT IN SHOWER; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT LEFT IN BATHTUB FOR 5 MINUTES WHILE MOM WENT TO GET CLOTHES, FO UND FLOATING FACE DOWN IN TUB; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS GETTING A BATH AND SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB. DX-DROWNING, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST. (SENT FOR AN AUTOPSY)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/25/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT UNATTENDED IN TUB - DROWNEDDX: DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A BATHTUB. SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE. UNSURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TAKING SHOWER. FAMILY HEARD A CRASH. TO ER UNRESPONSIVE. DIAGNOSIS WAS CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/08/2001	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/01/2001	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/08/2001	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/13/2001	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/11/2001	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/22/2001	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/15/2001	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/05/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/16/2000	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/04/2000	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/08/2000	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2000	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/05/2000	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/01/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/22/1999	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/26/1999	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/08/1999	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/18/1998	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/06/1998	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/14/1998	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/17/1997	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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