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Accidents like these happen more often than you think. According to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine - the first to tally acute computer-caused injuries like cuts and bruises - 9,300 Americans suffer such mishaps each year. Based on data from some...
In part, the high rate of injury reflects the sheer increase in household computer ownership, which jumped 309% over the same period. But computer exposure and injuries hardly rose in lockstep: injuries far outpaced ownership, growing 732% from 1994 to 2006.
The study showed that the majority of computer-related injuries - 93% - happened at home. In all age groups, the most frequently diagnosed injury was laceration, making up 39% of cases. For adults, the leading cause of injury was hitting or getting caught on a part of a computer (37% of...
In cases where there were available data on the type of activity that led to injury, researchers found the most common way adults hurt themselves - 50% of incidents - was while moving the computer or one of its components, defined by the researchers as anything from a mouse or keyboard to...
Why the big increase in computer-related wounds? One explanation is that more households not only have computers but also have multiple computers and, therefore, multiple opportunities for injury. Another theory suggested by the researchers is that the democratization of computer access - as equipment has gotten cheaper - has resulted in...