Is explicit mention of death in charts advisable?

From the equibase chart of Saturday's 4th at AQU: "La Festa E Domani suffered a fatal injury entering the stretch and was vanned off." I have to believe the conclusion of the incident would not be there if not for the NY Times article. It seems to me that whatever individual or individuals is in charge of this corner of the industry is saying by the change, "Alright, you want to count incidents from charts? Go ahead, we'll tell you exactly what happened." (Knowing that the NY Times methods are implemented with the express goal of generating a high count of unacceptable episodes, and so assume the worst when the truth is not specified. Therefore actual counts of fatalities can only make the picture brighter, and are a way of fighting back against the Times.)

On a certain level, I'm probably resistant to all change, but I don't know how I feel about the charts being explicit. On the one hand, it's certainly good to know the conclusion, rather than just to push the breakdowns to a distant corner of ones mind. There has almost been an element to the breakdowns that I imagine would be present in a totalitarian regime where people disappear, and the actual goings-on are not allowed to be discussed. There's always been a "we know what that probably means" aspect to breakdowns, and particularly the presentation of them in charts.

On the other hand, the change is certainly jarring. Death seems out of place in the mundane accounting of a day's races. It seems beyond the scope of charts. I'm not sure it should be related so matter-of-factly (not that I have a great counterproposal).

There is also the problem that the resolution of many breakdowns is some time in the making, and certainly not possible to report a half hour or so after a race, when the charts are usually first available. For the cases pending, the status can only be conveyed accurately if a very general report is issued. "Conclusion not yet known" is about all that can be conveyed without risking gross distortion, because there are so many variations and degrees of danger spanning injuries and mishaps that are not quickly ended.