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Lethal accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 474
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Year 2000:85
Year 2003:61
Year 2004:69
Year 2007:85
Year 2009:84
Year 2010:87
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:304Head:100
Face:69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/24/2010Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
58 YOM PT FOUND LYING ON PORCH. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/19/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
72YOM-HEAD INJURY-CARDIAC ARREST-FELL OFF ROOF @ HOME-HIT DECK-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/30/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM PORCH ONTO CONCRETE AT HOME. WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WITH H EAD INJURY.CPR IN PROGRESS UPON ARRIVAL. PT EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/16/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON FRONT PORCH, BYSTANDERS SAW HIM FALL DX: UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/18/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL ON THE PORCH, FOUND IN POOL OF BLOOD. DX-TRAUMATIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, CHI.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/19/2007Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT PRESENTED TO ER UNRESPONSIVE. WAS SITTING ON PORCH AND PASSED OUT AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/02/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
71 YOM FELL ON FRONT PORCH AT HOME; STRUCK FOREHEAD. ABRASIONS TO RT. F OREHEAD. WAS DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/21/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WORKING IN YARD - FOUND SITTING ON PORCH UNRESPONSIVE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/29/2000Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Chairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/12/2000Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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