Accidents - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,684,285
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other body parts.

Products:

Floors or flooring materials: 515,538	Stairs or steps: 257,289
Wheelchairs: 177,008	Beds or bedframes: 147,846
Chairs: 96,797	Beds: 93,473
Tables: 88,436	Crutches, canes or walkers: 67,468
Doors: 59,473	Bathtubs or showers: 52,827
Ceilings and walls: 52,647	Rugs or carpets: 52,581
Bicycles or accessories: 49,359	Eyeglasses: 48,414
Toilets: 45,183	Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves: 42,001
Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets: 29,399	Footwear: 28,385
Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings: 26,672	Ladders: 25,327
Doorsills or frames: 20,034	Exercise: 19,830
Fences or fence posts: 14,073	Counters or countertops: 13,755
Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins: 13,577	Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches: 11,515
House repair or construction materials: 11,261	Runners, throw rugs or doormats: 10,902
Sinks: 10,525	Razors or shavers: 9,935
Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers: 9,421	Golf: 9,210
Containers: 8,745	Baseball: 8,683
Fishing: 8,375	Furniture: 8,103
Basketball: 7,809	Telephones or telephone accessories: 7,619
Handrails, railings or banisters: 7,448	Softball: 7,432
Pipes: 7,244	Poles: 7,069
Pet supplies: 7,009	Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco: 6,863
Greenhouse or gardening supplies: 6,681	Day wear: 6,466
Lawn mowers: 6,394	Cabinet or door hardware: 6,241
Benches: 6,185	Glass doors or doors with glass panels: 6,126
Alcohol: 5,966	Tennis: 5,853
Paper products: 5,690	Exercise equipment: 5,520
Televisions: 5,245	Nonelectric razors or shavers: 5,202
All-terrain vehicles: 5,181	Horseback riding: 4,894
Bags: 4,810	Refrigerators: 4,608
Tableware and accessories: 4,471	Grocery or shopping carts: 4,440
Metal containers: 4,408	Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks: 4,337
Ramps or landings: 4,188	Garage doors: 4,125
Snow skiing: 4,100	Windows and window glass, other than storm windows: 3,966
Hot water: 3,829	Gasoline: 3,795
Decorative yard equipment: 3,703	Other toys: 3,644
Stools: 3,604	Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches: 3,528
Other unpowered garden tools: 3,399	Vacuum cleaners: 3,365
Pruning or trimming equipment: 3,321	Fans: 3,310
Escalators: 3,299	Bedsprings or bedframes: 3,175
Hoists, lifts, jacks or jack stands: 3,120	Elevators or other lifts: 3,110
Hammers: 3,108	Windows or window glass: 3,081
Tools: 3,029	Animal induced injury: 3,023
Barstools or kitchen stools: 3,009	Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting: 2,929
Other fireplaces: 2,891	Gas or LP grills or stoves: 2,849
Cords, electrical: 2,847	Windowsills or frames: 2,795
Wire: 2,788	Eye protection devices: 2,752
Stretch cords or stretch straps: 2,738	Motor vehicles or parts: 2,677
Chair, recliner: 2,610	Public equipment: 2,602
Luggage: 2,567	Chain saws: 2,517
Other manual workshop tools: 2,511	Clothing: 2,479
Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes: 2,349	Step stools: 2,325
Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns: 2,303	Glass doors: 2,216
Swimming pools: 2,124	Air conditioners: 2,117
Cookware: 2,116	Medical equipment, general: 2,114
Automatic doors: 2,101	Electrical wire or wiring systems: 2,094
Riding power lawn mowers: 2,090	Motorized vehicles: 2,089
Manual cleaning equipment: 2,086	Clothing accessories: 2,060
Bench or table saws: 2,043	Power lawn mowers: 2,030
Ductwork for heating or cooling systems: 1,941	Carts: 1,879
Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball: 1,877	Other ranges or ovens: 1,851
Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders: 1,828	Radiators: 1,819
Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations: 1,816	First aid equipment: 1,813
Other ranges: 1,767	General home or room involvement in fires: 1,765
Television tables or stands: 1,760	Grills: 1,731
Soaps: 1,694	Drinking glasses: 1,674
Buckets or pails: 1,652	Mirrors or mirror glass: 1,600
Blankets: 1,573	Manual snow or ice removal tools: 1,555
Sliding glass doors or panels: 1,554	Extension cords: 1,547
Stepladders: 1,545	Recliner chairs: 1,535
Vending machines: 1,516	Lawn trimmers or edgers, powered: 1,514
Dishwashers: 1,476	Aerosol containers: 1,442
Washing machines: 1,420	Scooters, unpowered: 1,419
Computers: 1,408	Mopeds or power-assisted cycles: 1,406
Cardboard products: 1,405	Chair, rocking: 1,401
Soccer: 1,385	Other furnaces: 1,379
Rope or string: 1,367	Chains: 1,367
Dollies, handtrucks or luggage carriers: 1,360	Bedspreads, throws or comforters: 1,355
Swings or swing sets: 1,325	Saws: 1,318
Hockey: 1,316	Floor lamps or table lamps: 1,309
Outdoor awnings or shutters: 1,305	Scaffolding: 1,283
Mattresses: 1,283	Scooters/skateboards, powered: 1,273
Weight lifting: 1,273	Stereo or hi-fi components or accessories: 1,266
Bathtub or shower enclosures: 1,253	Ball sports: 1,233
Golf carts: 1,166	Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated: 1,158
Plants, trees and shrubs: 1,156	Fuel storage tanks: 1,153
Cigarette or pipe lighters: 1,142	Heaters or heating systems: 1,136
Bottles or jars: 1,113	Faucets or spigots: 1,104
Freezers: 1,102	Other glass doors: 1,084
Beach chairs or folding chairs: 1,054	Microwave ovens: 1,047
Pressure cookers or canners: 1,038	Tractors: 1,034
Nightwear: 1,033	Electric razors or shavers: 1,029
Towel racks or bars: 1,029	Bed rails: 1,028
Batteries: 1,018	Mountain or all-terrain bicycles or accessories: 1,016
Knives: 1,015	Dancing: 1,005
Football: 994	Footstools, ottomans or hassocks: 987
Lighting equipment: 986	Hatchets or axes: 979
Baby gates or barriers: 974	Manicuring devices: 968
Umbrellas: 963	Chemicals: 952
Scissors: 937	Hot tubs or home spas: 937
Swimming pool equipment: 930	Towels or cloths: 928
Tablet or capsule drugs: 924	In-line skating: 923
Built-in swimming pools: 920	Glass bottles or jars: 913
Sheets or pillowcases: 908	Paints, varnishes or shellacs: 907
Surfing: 893	Trays: 890
Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures: 879	Gas ranges or ovens: 870
Rocking chairs: 859	Outerwear: 855
Wooden containers: 841	Jewelry: 841
Bowling: 835	Insect induced injuries: 828
Roller skating: 828	Swimming: 812
Tool sheds: 799	Clocks: 796
Plastic containers: 771	Other nonglass doors: 766
Two-wheeled, powered, off-road vehicles: 753	Wheelbarrows or lawn carts: 752
Glass alcoholic beverage bottles: 745	Drain cleaners: 743
Workshop grinders, buffers, or polishers: 743	General purpose household cleaners: 741
Workshop furnishings: 741	Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters: 734
Plastic bags: 733	Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks: 731
Manual scissors: 730	Power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers: 720
Bleachers: 717	Coal or wood-burning stoves: 715
Light bulbs: 713	Doorstops: 701
Welding equipment: 701	Foods: 696
Propane, LP or butane gas tanks or fittings: 688	Laundry baskets: 679
Bunk beds: 668	Scales: 666
Clothes dryers: 665	Screwdrivers: 652
Adhesives: 644	Martial arts: 634
Snowmobiles: 633	Wood paneling and particleboard: 618
Bleaches: 611	Log splitters: 611
Draperies, curtains or shower curtains: 606	Nonelectric blankets: 605
Sewing machines or accessories: 600	Gas furnaces: 598
Ice skating: 585	Photographic equipment: 581
Other ball sports: 580	Drills: 570
Sleds: 569	Bars and bar accessories: 564
Gas, air or spring-operated guns: 564	Camping equipment: 562
Toolboxes or tool kits: 556	Billiards or pool: 552
Metal cookware: 535	Gas or LP heaters: 525
Water heaters: 522	Aquariums or accessories: 519
Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings: 517	Portable circular power saws: 517
Christmas decorations: 502	Clotheslines or clothes drying racks: 501
Keys, key rings or key chains: 500	Flying toys: 497
Extension or straight ladders: 493	Other grills or stoves: 475
Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins: 470	Leaf blowers: 470
Lighters: 463	Power lathes: 460
Built-in fireplaces: 454	Upholstered footstools, ottomans or hassocks: 440
Air compressors: 438	Other electric lighting equipment: 437
Tape recorders or players: 432	Snow throwers/blowers: 423
Nonelectric toothbrushes: 420	Panelboards, circuit breakers, ground fault circuit interrupters: 415
Other glass bottles or jars: 408	Desk supplies: 408
Coffee makers or teapots: 404	Drinking fountains: 400
Volleyball: 390	Pillows: 375
Knives with replaceable blades: 373	Portable food or beverage coolers: 369
Hair clippers and trimmers: 367	Storm windows: 367
Other ovens: 365	Power tillers or cultivators: 364
Rotary power lawn mowers: 363	Radios: 361
Tarpaulins: 360	Electric baseboard heaters: 359
Wagons: 350	Fireworks: 350
Hair dryers: 348	Electrical outlets or receptacles: 348
Padlocks, chain locks or other locks: 345	Other furniture: 340
Ironing boards or covers: 340	Ice hockey: 337
Skateboards: 337	Ice makers: 335
Track and field: 334	Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns: 331
Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers: 328	Footlockers: 328
Screen doors: 328	Pull-down or folding stairs: 328
Pens and pencils: 322	Power saws: 318
Other windows or window glass: 317	Mobile/manufactured homes: 312
Water skiing: 311	Other specified plastic products: 305
Glass bathtub or shower enclosures: 297	Matches: 293
Sprayers: 291	Other portable or stationary power tools: 290
Manual push mowers: 290	Nonbaby mattresses: 285
Other bedding: 284	Combs or hairbrushes: 283
Tree stands: 281	Go-carts: 280
Detergents: 280	Fuel-burning lighting equipment: 279
Kitchen gadgets: 279	Hammocks: 272
Trampolines: 270	Ammonia, household: 270
Lubricants: 269	Drinking straws: 265
Book bags or back carriers: 260	Skeet shooting: 257
Vises or workshop clamps: 250	Liquid drugs: 247
Baby strollers: 247	Lockers: 247
Magazine racks or book ends: 243	Ashtrays, not electric or not battery operated: 243
Sports and recreational activity: 243	Playground equipment: 241
Gasoline cans: 241	Horseshoes: 241
Laundry hampers: 239	Boats and boating: 237
Fertilizers and other chemicals for outdoor use: 237	Storm doors with glass panels: 237
Fertilizers: 236	Pins and needles: 230
Hand saws: 228	Paint or varnish thinners: 227
Gas ranges: 225	Bedding: 224
Bed rails, adult: 223	Artificial Christmas trees: 220
Other playground equipment: 220	Canning jars or lids: 220
Other clothing: 218	Garden tractors: 217
Other plastic products: 214	Flatware: 214
Painting equipment, powered: 213	Automotive tools or accessories: 212
Cutting torches: 211	Nonglass doors: 210
Christmas tree lights: 208	Other upholstered chairs: 207
Lighter fluids: 205	Snow throwers or blowers: 205
Levels: 205	Other containers: 203
Oven cleaners: 201	Power drills or accessories: 197
Archery: 196	Automotive waxes, polishes or cleaners: 196
Other sound recording, reproducing or receiving equipment: 191	Charcoal or wood-burning grills: 188
Manual pruning or trimming equipment: 185	Electric blenders: 185
Electric lighting equipment: 184	Tricycles: 183
Acids: 181	Sleeping bags: 180
BBs or pellets: 178	Moving walks: 178
Swimming pool chemicals: 178	Cribs: 177
Coins: 174	Pedal-powered adult vehicles: 173
Awls, chisels or planes: 173	Straps: 172
Diapers: 172	Boilers: 170
Table tennis: 170	Fireplace equipment: 167
Toy boxes or chests: 166	Thermal or sound insulation materials: 166
Laundry soaps or detergents: 166	Other ladders: 166
Electric blankets or sheets: 164	Extension ladders: 163
Power pruning or trimming equipment: 162	Kerosene: 162
Thermostats: 162	Hair grooming equipment or accessories: 160
Recording tapes: 160	Other power saws: 155
Slow cookers: 153	Gas or LP floor or wall heaters: 151
Baby carriages: 151	Car seats: 150
Kerosene or oil heaters: 149	Slides or sliding boards: 147
Matchbooks: 145	Antifreeze: 145
Amusement attractions: 144	Fire extinguishers: 143
Seed and fertilizer spreaders: 139	Clothing irons: 139
Portable power workshop grinders, buffers or polishers: 138	Other power pruning or trimming equipment: 137
Balls: 135	Pumps: 135
Nonglass bathtub or shower enclosures: 133	Gas ovens: 133
Water slides: 131	Costumes or masks: 129
Electric brooms: 128	Stationary power drills and accessories: 128
Electric ranges or ovens: 127	Nonglass bottles or jars: 126
Other antennas: 124	Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus: 123
Boxing: 119	Range or oven accessories: 119
Tapes: 117	Diesel fuels: 115
High chairs: 114	Night-lights: 110
Portable electric heaters: 108	Glass soft drink bottles: 108
Badminton: 106	Power leaf mulchers and grinders: 106
Other manual pruning or trimming equipment: 105	Fabric treatment products: 104
Other stools: 102	Power sanders: 101
Sewing basket articles: 100	Minibikes, powered: 99
Manual filing or sanding tools: 98	Seasonal decorations: 95
Corkscrews: 95	Plastic products: 94
Baby walkers or jumpers: 94	Lacrosse: 94
Toy sports equipment: 91	Cosmetics: 91
Wallpaper steamers: 91	Window or door security barriers: 90
Industrial equipment: 90	Food processors: 90
Toasters: 89	Electric ranges: 87
Generators or power plants: 86	Dune buggies/beach buggies: 86
Unattached appliance or lamp cords: 86	Paintbrushes or rollers, manual: 85
Floor buffers or waxers: 85	Baby bottles or nipples: 85
Cisterns, cesspools or septic tanks: 84	Mountain climbing: 84
Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses: 84	Aircraft: 83
Nail guns or stud drivers: 83	Manual hedge trimmers: 83
Art supplies or equipment: 83	Garden sprayers: 82
Saunas: 82	Engine fuels for models: 82
Electric fireplaces: 81	Ceramics supplies or equipment: 80
Rugby: 80	Lye: 79
Remote control, universal or not stated: 78	Street hockey: 78
Fabrics: 77	Above-ground swimming pools: 77
Fire or smoke alarms: 77	Pressurized containers: 77
Counter-mounted cooking surfaces: 76	Heating or cooling comfort packs: 76
Inflatable furniture: 76	Electric motors: 76
Treehouses or playhouses: 76	Nonwheeled riding toys, unpowered: 76
Food grinders: 75	Floor waxes: 74
Drain snakes: 74	Kitchen mixing bowls, canisters or similar containers: 73
Sabre saws: 73	Workshop compounds or chemicals: 73
Handball: 72	Clothespins: 71
Electric kettles or hot pots: 71	Licensed two-wheeled motor vehicles: 71
Soldering equipment: 70	Electric heating pads: 70
Caulking or spackling compounds: 70	Shoelace fasteners: 70
Electric griddles: 70	Other power garden tools: 70
Games or game parts: 70	Water tubing: 70
Fuel-burning welding equipment: 70	Snow boarding: 69
Window screens: 69	Snow plows: 69
Battery chargers: 68	Chimneys: 68
Fuel multi-purpose lighters: 68	Caustics: 68
Outdoor electric lighting equipment: 68	Manual drills: 67
Windshield wiper fluids: 66	Electric heaters: 66
Nonupholstered rocking chairs: 66	Convertible beds, hideaway beds or sofa beds: 66
Coin-operated car washing equipment: 66	Incinerators: 66
Heavy-duty workshop staplers: 66	Panel doors: 66
Internal combustion engines: 66	Vacuum containers: 66
Crayons or chalk: 63	Lamp oils: 63
Can openers: 61	Snow tubing: 61
Blocks, stacking toys or pull toys: 59	Unpowered coffee makers or teapots: 59
Other guns or firearms: 59	Floor furnaces: 57
Ice picks: 56	Containers with key openers: 55
Skating: 50	Balloons: 50
Nonmetal cookware: 50	Paint or varnish removers, paintbrush cleaners: 49
Paper bags: 49	Scuba diving: 48
Gymnastics: 47	Electric Christmas decorations: 46
Portable power drills and accessories: 45	Multi-purpose lighters: 42
Decorative water features: 41	Reel power lawn mowers: 41
Metal or plastic molding sets: 40	Pine oil cleaning and disinfectant preparations: 38
Aluminum foil wrapping products: 38	Kites or kite string: 38
Thermometers: 37	Metal chimneys, stovepipes or flues: 36
Diving or diving boards: 34	Garbage disposers: 34
Filters: 32	Electric deep fryers: 31
Business and office machines: 31	Safety pins: 31
Solid room deodorizers or fresheners: 31	Heat pumps: 30
Musical instruments, electric or battery operated: 30	Waterbeds or water pillows: 22
Outdoor antennas: 18	Ashtrays, electric or battery operated: 18
Personal protection devices: 18	Wallpaper: 18
Molding compounds: 18	Safes: 17
Plant foods or fertilizers for potted plants: 17	Dry ice: 17
School equipment: 16	Hearing aids: 15
Watches: 15	Oil furnaces: 15
Coaxial Cable: 15	Field hockey: 15
Dolls, plush toys, and action figures: 15	Automotive chemicals: 15
Music boxes or chimes: 15	Cots: 15
Power jointers: 15	Wrestling: 15
Shuffleboard: 15	Baby changing tables: 15
Slicers and choppers: 15	Trash compactors: 15
Power routers: 15	Record players: 15
Fixed floor-length glass panels: 15	Fuel oils: 14
Lunch boxes or pails: 14	Gasoline or other fuel-powered models: 14
Illegal drugs: 14	Children's play tents, play tunnels or other enclosures: 7

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