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Computer-related injuries serious enough to send someone to the
emergency room increased 732 percent from 1994 to 2006, even though
home computer ownership rose less than half that.
The data are gleaned from a federal database of 100 emergency rooms
around the country. Children under age 5 were most likely to be hurt,
and the injuries were caused by tripping over cables or equipment,
being hit on the head by a falling computer monitor, or getting caught
on equipment. Deep cuts, bumps, and bruises are the most common
injuries.
Monitors are the most likely culprits, causing 37 percent of all
computer injuries in 2003, according to researchers at the Center for
Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital,
Columbus, Ohio, who reported in the July American Journal of
Preventive Medicine. (That number has been dropping, thanks to the
growing popularity of flat-screen LCD monitors, which are much lighter
and less likely to cause harm than the hulking cathode-ray-tube
monitors of computers past.)
Computer injuries are hardly epidemic; currently, about 9,300 people a
year are injured by computers. But since most parents probably never
think of the home computer as a potentially dangerous device, it's
worth considering how to reduce the risk, particularly to children
younger than 10, who are the most likely to suffer a head injury.
Here's how to make home computers safer, from the Center for Injury
Research and Policy and other sources:
•Put the computer against a wall and away from walkways.
•Push the computer well back on the desk, so it's less likely to
topple.
•Anchor cables and cords to the back of the desk, or use cable covers,
available at consumer electronics stores.
•Keep the computer out of play areas.
•Install safety covers on unused electrical outlets.
•Anchor desks and bookcases to the wall, then attach computer
components to the desk or wall. Baby-proofing tethers or cable ties
work well for this. Injuries to children from falling furniture are on
the rise, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, so
tethering heavy furniture is a good idea even without the computer.
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emergency room increased 732 percent from 1994 to 2006, even though
home computer ownership rose less than half that.
The data are gleaned from a federal database of 100 emergency rooms
around the country. Children under age 5 were most likely to be hurt,
and the injuries were caused by tripping over cables or equipment,
being hit on the head by a falling computer monitor, or getting caught
on equipment. Deep cuts, bumps, and bruises are the most common
injuries.
Monitors are the most likely culprits, causing 37 percent of all
computer injuries in 2003, according to researchers at the Center for
Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital,
Columbus, Ohio, who reported in the July American Journal of
Preventive Medicine. (That number has been dropping, thanks to the
growing popularity of flat-screen LCD monitors, which are much lighter
and less likely to cause harm than the hulking cathode-ray-tube
monitors of computers past.)
Computer injuries are hardly epidemic; currently, about 9,300 people a
year are injured by computers. But since most parents probably never
think of the home computer as a potentially dangerous device, it's
worth considering how to reduce the risk, particularly to children
younger than 10, who are the most likely to suffer a head injury.
Here's how to make home computers safer, from the Center for Injury
Research and Policy and other sources:
•Put the computer against a wall and away from walkways.
•Push the computer well back on the desk, so it's less likely to
topple.
•Anchor cables and cords to the back of the desk, or use cable covers,
available at consumer electronics stores.
•Keep the computer out of play areas.
•Install safety covers on unused electrical outlets.
•Anchor desks and bookcases to the wall, then attach computer
components to the desk or wall. Baby-proofing tethers or cable ties
work well for this. Injuries to children from falling furniture are on
the rise, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, so
tethering heavy furniture is a good idea even without the computer.
http://www.51orders.com/