What’s Actually Dangerous? 20 Surprising Safety Statistics

What's Actually Dangerous? 20 Surprising Safety Statistics FROM THE TIME WE WERE BABIES, WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT THAT CERTAIN THINGS ARE DANGEROUS - TOUCHING A HOT STOVE, RUNNING WITH KNIVES, DRIVING DRUNK. BUT SOMETIMES ACTIVITIES THAT WE THINK ARE DANGEROUS MAY NOT BE QUITE AS RISKY AS WE THINK THEY ARE. Work can be a dangerous place! ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR Kevi Rooting OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH: 5,488 U.S. WORKERS DIED FROM WORKPLACE INJURIES IN 2007 50,000 WORKERS DIE EACH YEAR FROM WORK-RELATED DISEASES Sharks: Not as dangerous as you might think. THERE IS IS ONLY ABOUT 1 FATALITY PER YEAR IN THE US DUE TO SHARK ATTACKS. YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM A COLLAPSING SAND CASTLE THAN A SHARK ATTACK. 75X MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY LIGHTNING THAN BY A SHARK! Traveling by motor vehicle US. airplane IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR TIMID TRAVELERS TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES, PERCEIVING IT TO BE SAFER THAN FLYING. BUT IS IT? THAT'S ONE EVERY VS. 16 MINUTES. Deaths: 32,885 Injuries: 2,239,000 1,500 Is being a Couch Potato safer than being an Adrenaline Junkie? RISK OF DEATH DOING DANGEROUS SPORTS: IN 200,000 DIVES IN 32,000 CLIMBS IN 57,142 JUMPS 1 DEATH RISK OF DEATH AFTER WATCHING >4 HOURS OF TELEVISION A DAY: AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY OF 8,800 PARTICIPANTS FOUND HIGHER RISK OF DEATH FROM 46% ALL CAUSES INCREASED RISK FOR CARDIOVASCULAR 80% DISEASE-RELATED DEATH Surprisingly dangerous things in your homE 6,400 ER VISITS ARE CAUSED BY PLASTIC/STYROFOAM PACKAGES PER YEAR 30 20,000 PEOPLE DIE EACH PEOPLE ARE HOSPITALIZED YEAR IN THE US EACH YEAR DUE TO INJURY FROM FROM OVERLY HOT TẠP WATER GARAGE DOORS 80,000 ALMOST ARE HOSPITALIZED DUE TO INJURY FROM A LAWN MOWER Most dangerous things to do in your car EVERY DAY, DISTRACTED DRIVING KILLS INJURES MORE THAN MORE THAN 15 PEOPLE 1200 MOST COMMON CAUSES OF DISTRACTION: TALKING/TEXTING ON CELL PHONE GPS DEVICES OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR SMOKING EATING/DRINKING ADJUSTING RADIO/ REACHING FOR LOOKING AT SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS OBJECTS IN CAR OUTSIDE THE CAR Sources: HTTP:/Www.cOc.cOV/NIOSH/ABOUT.HTML HTTP://WWW.FLMNH.UFL.EDU/FISH/SHARKS/ATTACKS/RELARISKSAND.HTM HTTP://Www-NRD.NHTSA.DOT.GOV HTTP:/TRAVELUSATODAY.COM/FLIGHTS/2011-01-21-RWAIRCRASHES20_ST_N.HTM HTTP://WWW.NTSB.0OV/DOCLIB/REPORTS/2012/ARA 1201.POF HTTP://WWw.SKYDIVINGMAGAZINE.COM/ HTTP://WwW.THESCUBASITE.COM/SCUBA-DIVING-RESOURCES/SCUBA-DIVING-ACCIDENT-STATISTICS HTTP://WWW.ALLCLIMBING.COM/ARCHIVE/2009/01/DATA-ON-CLIMBING-ACCIDENTS-AND-FATALITIES/ HTTP://CIRC.AHAJOURNALS.ORGA HTTP://Www.CDC.GOV/MOTORVEHICLESAFETY/DISTRACTED_DRIVING/INDEX.HTML HTTP://WwW.INSURANCENETWORKING.COM/NEWS/INSURANCE_CLAIMS_DRIVING_DISTRACTED_BEHAVIORS-27692-1.HTML HTTP://SHINE.YAHOO.COM/WORK-MONEY/22-SURPRISING-SAFETY-HAZARDS-AROUND-THE-HOME-GARDEN-1683027.HTML