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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 705
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT HAD FALL DOWN 4 STEPS IN ***. DROPPED OFF AT BORDER. PUPILS FIXED & DIALATED. D:SEVERE HEAD INJURY, BILATERAL SAH, INTRAVEN.HEM. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/16/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sports and recreational activity |
| PT RIDING A HORSE IN A *** WHEN BUCKED OFF AND LANDED ON HEAD. PULSELES S, APNEIC AT SCEBE BUT BROGHT TO ED. D:DEATH, CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/30/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| SUBURAL HEMATOMA, FRACTURE OCIPITAL BONE AFTER BEING FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT BOTTOM OF BASEMENT STEPS. UNKNOWN DOWNTIME. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/26/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Exercise, Motor vehicles or parts |
| HEAD INJURY-JOGGING IN THE STREET-HIT BY ***-UNRESPONSIVE @ SCENE-EXPIR ED IN ED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/22/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT BROUGHT TO ED BY EMS AFTER FALL DOWN STAIRS AT HOME FOUND BLEEDING FROM HEAD #1 DX SEVERE CHI |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/22/2006 | 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: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| ICH. PT GOT UP FROM BED TO SLEEP IN RECLINER USING A WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/28/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OUT OF BED TO FLOOR SCALP LACERATION NO CT DONE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/24/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT FOUND UNCON/UNRESPONSIVE LYING ON TOP OF BICYCLE S/P BEING HIT BY MV . D:CODE ARREST, HEAD INJURY. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/13/2006 | Age: 72 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: Counters or countertops, Floors or flooring materials |
| 72 YO MALE WAS STANDING AT COUNTER AT ***S, PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOO R - CARDIAC ARREST - CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/09/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Chair, recliner, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| PT ON *** AND FELL OUT OF A RECLINER CHAIR STRIKING HEAD THREE HOURS LA TER BECAME UNRESPONSIVE IC BLEEDING *** OVERANTICOAGULATION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/02/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 53 YO FEMALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD - CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/12/2006 | Age: 94 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: Beds or bedframes |
| PT FELL OUT OF BED AT THE NURSING HOME STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSE D HEAD INJURY WITH SUBDURAL HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/21/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 83 YO FELL STRIKING HEAD ON FLOOR HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/15/2006 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 93 YO MALE SLIPPED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT WALKING THRU MALL PASSED OUIT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| 82 YO MALE FELL DOWN 12-13 STEPS AND CUT HEAD CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/04/2006 | Age: 74 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 |
| 74 YOF INTRACEREBRAL BLEED WHEN FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/17/2006 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| 86 YOF FOUND PULSELESS AT BOTTOM OF FLIGHT OF STAIRS, VISIBLE HEAD INJU RY NOTED BY EMS, BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL AS DOA AS HAD NO VITAL SIGNS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/24/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS WALKING OUT OF KITCHEN OF SOCIAL CENTER AND FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON CONCRETE STEP |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/17/2006 | Age: 58 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: Bicycles or accessories |
| PT W/HELMET WAS INVOLVED IN BICYCLE VS CAR CRASH, HELMET CRUSHED. DX: SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, MULT DISPL FACIAL/CRANIAL FX. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN 10 STAIRS. DX: ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY, ARREST. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/28/2006 | 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 |
| UNRESPONSIVE, FOUND IN FLOOR BY DAUGHTER DX SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/12/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 74 YO FEMALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT CASINO BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Benches |
| 58 YO MALE FELL ONTO BENCH ON BOARDWALK UNCONSCIOUS HYPOTHERMIA, CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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