Lethal accidents - Sinks - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 32
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 2002:	15
Year 2003:	16

Lethal Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	16
50+ years old:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 47 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: Sinks, Ceilings and walls
PT FOUND WEDGED BETWEEN SINK AND WALL 10 LB SINK ON HER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE SINK AT HOME LACERATION SCALP- WHILE EMS W AS THERE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST- CLOSED HEAD INJURY- DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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