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Common toy injuries


Children under five: took out and swallowed toy batteries; put small piece of lego up his nose; riding tricycle and could not stop, fell on to concrete; fell down, hitting head on toy box; fell backwards off ride-on toy, hit head; looking at toy, pulled trigger, hit in eye; fell over, sharp part of toy went through roof of mouth; playing, fell on to sharp toy.

Age five to nine years: riding scooter, caught toe in spokes; tripped over pull-along toy, hit head on tiled floor; wire from toy stuck in finger; caught finger in toy box; fell from climbing frame; poked plastic toy in ear; fell off roof of cubby house; swallowed marble.

Ten to fifteen years: wrestling with sister, hit knee on sharp edge of toy box; tried to jump on moving 3 wheel bike, landed on cross-bar; playing with rubber dart gun, hit in eye; fell out of go-cart, leg dragged under.


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