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Dangers of Treadmills
Posted on Jun 04, 2009
Treadmills are the cause of more than 25,000 injuries to children each year. There is an increase of the number of children that end up in emergency rooms each year due to theses dangerous products and other home exercise equipment. According to Consumer Reports, children can be harmed in a variety of ways by home gyms.
The death of Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter Exodus, highlighted the dangers of treadmills and other home exercise equipment. The child was found with a treadmill cord around her neck while her mother was cleaning in the next room according to nytimes.com.
Doctors and emergency rooms around the United States are reporting a growing number of severe burns on the hands and fingers of young children due to treadmills. These injuries occur when the child, toddler or infant touch the treadmill belt while it is running. Although some injuries happen while the child is un supervised, many of these preventable accidents occur when children approach from behind as a parent is using the equipment. The curious little hands reach in and touch the moving belt or reach under the machine where even more moving parts exist. These belts and other mechanical moving parts can cause children to suffer excruciating burns that can require multiple skin grafts and cause permanent disability.
An Australian study found that treadmill friction injuries accounted for about 1 percent of pediatric burns, but concluded that the incidence of these injuries is on the rise. The Australian government launched a campaign called, "Treadmills and Kids Don't Mix" in an attempt to warn parents of the dangers of treadmills and other home exercise equipment. This summer a new safety standard will take effect requiring all manufactures to have a prominent warning label instructing parents to keep children away from the dangerous machines while they are in use.
It is well advised for parents to keep treadmills and other exercise equipment lacked and unplugged so children can not start these dangerous products. It is also a good idea to position the equipment so that parents will have a clear view of the room where the exercise equipment is located. This will allow parents to observe approaching children.
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