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05-19-2007, 12:57 PM
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Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S.: Study 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
SATURDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) -- The number of ladder-related injuries in the United States increased by more than 50 percent from 1990 to 2005, says a study in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers at Columbus Children's Hospital's Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) in Ohio analyzed national data. They found that more than 2.1 million people were treated in hospital emergency departments for ladder-related injuries from 1990 to 2005. That averages out to more than 136,000 cases a year. Almost 10 percent of those 2.1 million people needed to be hospitalized, about twice the overall admission rate for consumer-product related injuries. Males accounted for nearly 77 percent of all ladder-related injuries. Fractures were the most common type of injury, and legs and feet were the most frequently injured parts of the body. The study also found that, among cases were location was recorded, 97 percent of injuries occurred at homes, farms and other non-occupational settings. "Individuals using ladders are often not mindful of the severe risks associated with use," study co-author Lara Trifiletti, a principal investigator at CIRP and an assistant professor at Ohio State University's College of Medicine, said in a prepared statement. "Increased public health initiatives that target men and women, especially of working age, could help reduce the number of ladder-related injuries," she said. "Ladders should be treated with the same respect and caution as any potentially dangerous tool, such as a power saw," co-author Dr. Gary Smith, director of CIRP and an associate professor at Ohio State University's College of Medicine, said in a prepared statement.  This is weird on more than one level.
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05-19-2007, 03:40 PM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
Lol, ladders /= to power tools
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05-19-2007, 03:44 PM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
Ladders: The Silent Killers.
There'll be a movie out within the year.
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05-19-2007, 09:32 PM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
My dad plummeted 13 feet when he was on a sliding latch ladder and before he fell, the latch came lose and started sliding downwards pinching his hand. He had to get I think 15 stitches. This happened when I was at school last year and when my mom called up I was petrified, but then I heard it wasn't bad, just stitches bumps and bruises and I relaxed.
Ladders are scary things. I hate them myself.
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05-19-2007, 09:43 PM
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05-19-2007, 09:52 PM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
that is weird. this guy i work with was pruning branches in his yard and fell off the ladder, busted his ass and wound up in the hospital. then later that week my friends dad fell off a ladder too, he also wound up in the hospital.
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05-20-2007, 11:02 AM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
It's not the ladders that are the problem, it's the ladder owners. Take away the ladders from sensible people and only the idiots will have ladders. Have you ever heard of anyone getting robbed or raped while they were up a ladder?
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05-20-2007, 11:20 AM
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 It's the next big thing.
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05-20-2007, 02:25 PM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
Ladders will eventually take over...One step at a time. (pun intended)
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05-20-2007, 02:30 PM
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Re: Ladder-Related Accidents Climb in U.S. study finds
...dear god...
that's got to be at least a blue stilton on the cheese-o-meter.
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05-20-2007, 10:05 PM
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It's not the guns that are the problem, it's the gun owners. Take away the guns from sensible people and only the idiots will have guns. Have you ever heard of anyone getting robbed or raped while they had a gun?
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05-21-2007, 01:36 PM
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Let me know when you plan to visit next, and I'll try and dumb the satire down to your level. 
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