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Bleacher-Associated Deaths and Injuries |
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In 1999 two children died in falls from bleachers. In one case, a six year-old fell from the bleachers through a 13-inch opening between the footboard and seatboard. In another incident, a three year-old fell through an opening in the guardrail.
There were an estimated 22,100 bleacher related injuries in 1999. Approximately 6,100 of these injuries were the result of a person falling from, or through, bleachers onto the surface below. Approximately 4,910 of these falls involved children under 15 years old.
Between 1980 and 1999 an estimated annual average of 19,100 people were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for bleacher related injuries.
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is aware of ten deaths that involved falls from bleachers from 1980 to 1999. Of these deaths, four involved children under age 15.
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