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View the full report (pdf): https://cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Effect%20of%20Novel%20Coronavirus%20Pandemic%20on%202020%20Preliminary%20NEISS%20Estimates%20%28March%20%E2%80%93%20September%202020%29.pdf?eBqDdRMGIEQOtp.VG_9IdBCjlFk262hu … View report highlights (pdf): https://cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Highlights%20from%20the%20Consumer%20Product%20Safety%20Commission%20Report%2C%20%E2%80%9CEffect%20of%20Novel%20Coronavirus%20Pandemic%20on%20Preliminary%20NEISS%20Estimates%E2%80%9D.pdf?CWXC.wUFBjNgHYixhChN1ggb4n4gu351 … High resolution infographic of report highlights (pdf): https://cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/ConsumerProductInjuriesCOVID19pandemic.pdf?StV8YoN146UhwbIv6rclS53mTYuH1b21 …

Overall, the report suggests that although consumers may have avoided the ER for some product-related injuries, they did go at nearly the same rate as the previous year for more severe injuries.

The types of products causing injury displayed some marked increases and decreases. These changes highlight new patterns of risk that may have arisen during the pandemic.

Among the key findings of the report, which examined hospital emergency room data from March through September 2020: - ER treatment for product-related injuries overall decreased by 24%, but for severe product-related injuries, by only 1%.

- Sports-related injuries dropped significantly, including those that normally occur at schools (as much as 81%).

- The largest increases in ER-treated injuries across all age ranges occurred with fireworks and flares (56%), skateboards, scooters, and hoverboards (39%), and severe injuries for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), mopeds and minibikes (39%).

- ER-treated injuries related to button batteries rose by 93% among young children (ages 5-9). - ER treatment rose sharply for injuries related to cleaning agents (84%) and soaps and detergents (60%).

- Although bicycles had a slight increase (1%) in overall injuries, the increase jumped to 21% for users age 40 and above, and 39% for adults older than 70.