Reportable Deaths-Accidental
These include all forms of accidental death including work related deaths.
1. Asphyxiation by gagging or foreign substance, including food in the airway, compression of the airway or chest, by
hand, material, or ligature; drowning; hanging; cyanide; deprivation of oxygen; carbon monoxide; and/or other gases causing suffocation.
 
9. Vehicular accidents, including auto, bus, train, motorcycle, bicycle, watercraft, snowmobile, or aircraft, including driver, passenger, or related non-passenger, such as being struck by parts flying or thrown from the vehicle.
 
2. Blunt trauma or other forms of mechanical violence.
 
10. Electrical shock.
 
3. Burns from fire, liquid, chemical, radiation, or electricity.
 
11. Explosion.
4. Carbon monoxide poisoning. (Resulting from natural gas, automobile exhaust, or other).
 
12. Falls, including hip fractures or other injury.
 
5. Cutting or stabbing.
 
13. Firearm injuries.
 
6. Deaths from electrocution.
 
7. Drowning (actual or suspected).
 
14. Weather related deaths including tornado, lightning, heat exhaustion, or hypothermia.
8. Drug overdose from medication, chemical,
or poison ingestion, whether it is actual or suspected. This includes any medical substance, narcotic or alcoholic beverage, whether sudden, short, or long term survival has occurred.
15. Stillborn or newborn infant death where there is a recent or past traumatic event involving the mother, such as vehicular accident, homicide, suicide attempt, or drug ingestion that may have precipitated delivery or had a detrimental effect to the newborn.

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