Lethal accidents - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,259
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Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Floors or flooring materials:	660
Golf:	230
Stairs or steps:	153
Wheelchairs:	98
Fishing:	84
Manual snow or ice removal tools:	83
Other ranges:	76
Riding power lawn mowers:	76
Fences or fence posts:	76
Gas or LP heaters:	68
Telephones or telephone accessories:	68
Bathtubs or showers:	68
Beds:	68
Swimming pools:	68
Toilets:	67
Pine oil cleaning and disinfectant preparations:	67
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
80 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/12/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fishing
74 YOM FISHING W/FRIEND,RETURNED BOAT TO TOP OF CAR,WENT BACK TO PICK UP OARS&COLLAPSED-DX:UNSCC CPR, SUDDEN DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
65 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST - COLLAPSED TO BATHROOM FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 85 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: Wheelchairs
NURSING HOME PATIENT IN X-RAY DEPARTMENT AT HOSPITAL, FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR FOLLOWING X-RAY. DX CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools
PATIENT WAS OUT SHOVELING SNOW, RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE AND COLLAPSED IN HIS KITCHEN. DX CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 80 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
PT FELL FROM STANDING POSITION BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR, DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 53 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, Bathtubs or showers
53 YO FEMALE FELL TO FLOOR AND HIT TUB IN BATHROOM AT ***DOA DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/16/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters, Camping equipment
PT. WAS IN A CLOSED CAMPING TENT, WITH TWO PROPANE GAS HEATERS, AND WAS FOUND DEAD - SMELL OF GAS WAS EXTREME - WAS ON HUNTING/CAMPING TRIP
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 75 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, Other toys
75 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO WHILE PLAYING POKER CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hatchets or axes
CARDIAC ARREST-COLLAPESED -CHOPPING WOOD-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Riding power lawn mowers
PT WAS WORKING IN YARD AND DRIVING A RIDING MOWER WAS FOUND DEAD BESIDE THE RUNNING MOWER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/20/2002	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: Floors or flooring materials
63 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Vending machines
54 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT AND FELL INTO SLOT MACHINE CEASED TO BREATHE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND BY HIS WIFE IN THE BOTTOM OF A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL A T HOME DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 82 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
82 YOM HAD RECENT CARDIAC SURGERY; WAS WEAK; FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME; HIT HEAD. WAS IN V. TACH. ON ARRIVAL TO HOSPITAL; HEAD CONTUSION. ASYSTOLE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets, Floors or flooring materials
WENT TO SLEEP ON TOILET THEN FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME. DX: DEATH IN THE E D DEPARTMENT 2ND TO V-TACH, RESPIRATORY FAILURE. DIED IN THE ED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Pine oil cleaning and disinfectant preparations
UNRESPONSIVE/SISTER OF 91YOF WITNESSED ARREST. EARLIER INGESTION OF PIN E-SOL. (ACCIDENTAL).
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Exercise
PT WAS JOGGING WHEN STRUCK BY A CAR - TRAUMATIC ARREST- PT EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories
HIT BY CAR ON BIKE DX. MULTIPLE TRAUMA- DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
WIFE FOLLOWING PATIENT DOWN STEPS AT HOME AND PATIENT COLLAPSED, ARRIVE D IN ER IN FULL ARREST. DX CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PATIENT FOUND IN APARTMENT SWIMMING POOL FLOATING BY STEPS.D: CARDIOPUL MONARY ARREST, POSSIBLE DROWNING, DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PATIENT WALKING UP STEPS AND COLLAPSED, SHE FELL DOWN 1-2 STEPS STRIKIN G THE BACK OF HER HEAD. DX CARDIAC ARREST, BLUNT TRAUMA TO HEAD W/LAC.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 62 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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
COLLAPSED ON KITCHE FLOOR, HELPED TO WALK TO COUCHDX: CP ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Other ranges
WALKING IN KITCHEN AT HOME, BYSTANDERS HEARD A CRACK, ? STRUCK HERHEAD ON STOVE WITH A FALL. DX CARDIAC ARREST, POSSIBLE MYOCARDIAL INFAR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 56 years	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: Lawn mowers
MOWING LAWN -FELL CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST -EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf
PT PLAYING GOLF HAD A CARDIAC ARREST ON THE FAIRWAY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf, Beds
EPIGASTRIC DISTRESS EARLIER TODAY, PLAYED 18 ROUNDS OF GOLF @ GOLF COURSE, CAME HOME, LAY DOWN ON BED, UNRESPONSIVE.CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 53 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
MEDICS FOUND PT ON BATHROOM FLOOR @ HOME, NO PULSE/RESP, STRONG ODOR ETOH, CAME HOME FROM WORK W/? HEART ATTACK. DX CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf
PT PLAYING GOLF ON THE 15TH HOLE COLLASPED AFTER SWINGING THE CLUB- CAR DIOPULMONARY ARREST DIED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Fishing
PT. FOUND IN WATER - ? FELL OUT OF BOAT AT FISHING AREA DROWNING -
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Table tennis, Floors or flooring materials
CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST. PT WAS PLAYING * * AND FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Exercise
ARRIVES CODE 99 VIA EMS, CPR IN PROGRESS. COLLAPSED AT MOTHER'S HOME AFTER RUNNING (JOGGING). DX; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/04/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 DX: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 78 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
FOUND BY FAMILY LYING ON FLOOR OF HIS BEDROOM W/HIS BREATHING MACH- INE ON, HE IS UNRESPONSIVE, NOT BREATHING. DX SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball, Floors or flooring materials
PT. WAS REPORTEDLY PLAYING RACKETBALL AT *** NAD COLLAPSED FACE FIRST TO FLOOR. DX. CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
WAS TALKING ON PHONE & COLLAPSED ON FLOOR DX: CARDIOPUL,MONARY ARREST, DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
66 Y.O. W FEMALE W/BURNS TO MOST OF BODY. PT INV IN FATAL HOUSE FIRE. N OT STATED IF FD ATTD. PT DIED IN ED. E899
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
CARDIAC ARREST-AFTER SHE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR @ NURSING HOME-PT EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/15/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds
79 YOF RESIDENT OF LOCAL NURSING HOME WAS FOUND IN BED IN FULL ARREST. ANOXIA - CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 64 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
WALKED INTO KITCHEN, COLLAPSED ON FLOOR DX: CP ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT IN CHAIR, PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 74 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
74 YOM HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF CHEST PAIN; FELL TO FLOOR WHERE HE WAS FOUND BY AMBULANCE TECH. ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fences or fence posts
FULL ARREST - CRASHED VEHICLE INTO FENCE DX: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/19/2002	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: Bathtubs or showers
TAKING SHOWER. FAMILY HEARD A CRASH. TO ER UNRESPONSIVE. DIAGNOSIS WAS CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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