Lethal accidents - Floors or flooring materials - 50+ years old - Year 2008

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 856
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	420	Head:	190
Face:	159	Upper Trunk:	86

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
66 YOF DIZZY AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 71 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: Floors or flooring materials
71 YOF FELL TO FLOOR IN HOTEL ROOM CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
53 YOF COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS COMPLAING OF LOW BACK PAIN, PT'S WIFE HAD GONE OUTSIDE, CAME BACK IN TO FIND PT LYING ON THE FLOOR, NOT BREATHING. DX: FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
69 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY- EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/09/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
70 YOM PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
CHI. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/22/2008	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: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR AT HOME. WEAKNESS. DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 81 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: Floors or flooring materials
81 YO MALE WAS DIZZY AND COLLAPSED TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
82 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
67 YOM FELL TO FLOOR AT HOMECONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
63 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN LOBBY OF HOTEL CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
BECAME SHORT OF BREATH, COLLAPSED; FELL TO FLOOR; LARGE LACERATION, RIG HT FOREHEAD. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
93 YO9 MALE PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
81 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT TAJ CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-UNWITNESSED FALL TO FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS TIRED FROM "WORKING" OUTSIDE AND WHEN HIS WIFE RETURNED HE HAD F ALLEN TO THE FLOOR. UNCONSCIOUS/ UNRESPONSIVE. D: CARDIAC ARREST, DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
FELL IN FLOOR AT HOME WITNESSED BY WIFE. DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON FLOOR AT HOME. CONTUSION, RT, CHEST WALL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON FLOOR STRIKING FACE AT HOSPITAL WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST/ DX: NASAL FRACTURE/ CARDIAC ARREST/ PASSED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SAH. PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Bathtubs or showers
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE BATHTUB, PTIN A FULL ARREST. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST SECONDARY MYOCARDIAL INF.*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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