Hospital and Nursing Home Profiles  

Lethal accidents - Toilets - Year 2008

 



Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 102
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:14
26-50 years old:15
50+ years old:71
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
Neck:71Head:15
Unkown:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/14/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toilets
33 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL FROM TOILET CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/22/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
18 YEARS OLD FEMAL DIDN' T KNOW THAT SHE IS PREGNANT,BROUGHT HER BABY I N FOR EVALUATION AFTER WAS REPORTEDLY BORN IN THE TOILET BOWL>>DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls
PT WENT TO BATHROOM FELL IN BETWEEN TOILET AND WALL. DX: DOA DUE TO LA RYNGEAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Back to the top




Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.  This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources.  Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.