Accidents - Year 1997 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 46,537
See also: Other years, Other body parts.

Products:

Coins: 21,854	Jewelry: 3,574
Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks: 3,418	Other toys: 3,175
Batteries: 1,210	Marbles: 1,165
Metal containers: 978	Drinking glasses: 918
Desk supplies: 690	Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins: 682
Keys, key rings or key chains: 589	Christmas decorations: 575
Other plastic products: 555	Christmas tree lights: 505
Self-contained openers: 377	Safety pins: 344
Light bulbs: 316	Glass soft drink bottles: 275
Balloons: 273	Bottles or jars: 244
Paper products: 228	First aid equipment: 224
Floors or flooring materials: 222	Plastic wrapping products: 222
Nonglass bottles or jars: 208	Building sets: 193
Flatware: 179	Plastic products: 179
Baby bottles or nipples: 169	Glass bottles or jars: 154
Kitchen gadgets: 124	BBs or pellets: 121
Bleaches: 103	Crayons or chalk: 103
Blocks, stacking toys or pull toys: 99	Ball sports: 99
Beds: 87	Cardboard products: 84
Watches: 84	Clothespins: 75
Vacuum containers: 74	Footwear: 74
Clothing accessories: 74	Mobile/manufactured homes: 74
Fire extinguishers: 74	Chairs: 72
Bathtubs or showers: 70	Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered: 69
Other toy weapons: 69	Nonelectric razors or shavers: 67
Thermal or sound insulation materials: 67	Aluminum foil wrapping products: 66
Golf: 66	Computers: 66
Containers: 56	Fishing: 40
Heavy-duty workshop staplers: 29	Day wear: 28
Ceilings and walls: 25	Drills: 23
Artificial Christmas trees: 23	Hearing aids: 22
Wooden matches: 22	Workshop compounds or chemicals: 21
Glass alcoholic beverage bottles: 21	Other glass bottles or jars: 21
Clothing: 21	Grills: 21
Draperies, curtains or shower curtains: 19	Tapes: 19
Other ball sports: 19	Fuel charcoal lighters: 19
Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco: 19	Tape recorders or players: 19
Tables: 19	Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets: 19
Plastic bags: 18	Wooden containers: 18
Electric Christmas decorations: 18	Nonelectric toothbrushes: 18
Fireplace equipment: 18	Tableware and accessories: 18
Other toy guns: 18	Substance ingested or inhaled by a victim under age: 18
Toy sports equipment: 12	Seasonal decorations: 12
Other containers: 12	Blankets: 12
Lighting equipment: 12	Razors or shavers: 6
Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus: 6	Playpens: 6
Car seats: 6	Night-lights: 6
Cribs: 6	Lamp oils: 6
Paints, varnishes or shellacs: 6	Padlocks, chain locks or other locks: 6
Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns: 6	Combs or hairbrushes: 6
Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations: 6	Art supplies or equipment: 6
Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings: 6	Knives: 6
Toy bows or arrows: 6	Toy caps, cap toys or cap guns: 6

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