(Newswire.net — May 5, 2015) — Exercise equipment injures almost a half of a million Americans per year, according to new data collected by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. According to the data, around 460,000 people were hospitalized in 2012 as a result of injuries sustained while using exercise equipment.
Data showed that nearly 428,000 were treated and released for their injuries—but about 32,000 were hospitalized or were dead on arrival, USA Today reported.
The most common injuries are those occurred while on treadmill, the commission found. Commission representative said Monday that the most recent data was unavailable, because “the agency was dealing with technical problems with their injury surveillance system.”
Available data shows that about 19,000 people went to the emergency room from treadmill related injuries in 2009, and 6,000 of that number were children, USA Today cited agency’s data.
According to a review of the Consumer Product Safety Commission database system, injuries included broken bones, abrasions, rectal bleeding and people developing chest pain while working out on the machines.
Most recent victim of the exercise machines is SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, who slipped from treadmill and died from severe head concussion, according to the authorities.
Golberg’s death comes nearly six years after the 4-year-old daughter of former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson died in a treadmill accident.
Exodus Tyson died in hospital after she was found with her neck caught in the power cable of a treadmill machine at her home in Phoenix in the US.
According to a police report, the little girl had been playing on the treadmill at the home gym on Monday when her head apparently slipped inside a cord hanging under the console. The treadmill was not plugged in at the time.
Each week at least 3 children die and 175 more are injured because of the use of treadmills. Government and gym leaders recommend that you keep children and pets away when using a treadmill, Yahoo thread read.