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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 177
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/16/2008 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| MOM BUCKLED PT IN SWING & WENT TO BED, 7 YO SIBLING TOOK PT OUT & PUT O N COUCH, MOM FOUND PT FACE DOWN ON COUCH NOT BREATHING; CARDOPUL ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| WIFE STATES PT GOT UP FROM THE COUCH AND COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR. CPR IN PROGRESS. CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ARREST* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| DAD WRAPPED PT UP TIGHTLY AT HOME LAST PM & FELL ASLEEP W/PT ON COUCH, FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE THIS AM; DEATH OF UNK CAUSE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 2 months | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| MOM FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE & FACE DOWN ON INSIDE OF THE COUCH AT HOME, M OM & PT SLEEP ON COUCH TOGETHER; CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT BROUGHT INTO ER NOT BREATHING AFTER INFANT AND MOTHER FELL ASLEEP ON COUCH MOTHER AWOKE AND PT WAS NOT BREATHING |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| PT FOUND BY DAD ON THE FLOOR AFTER FALLING FROM THE COUCH - CARDIAC ARR EST - INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLE HOMICIDE - ACITVE AT THIS TIME |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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