Safety Roundup

In this week's Safety Roundup, stories of:

an 11-year-old in Panola County, Mississippi who was hospitalized after he was unintentionally shot in the neck/collarbone area as he was climbing into a deer stand while hunting with his 14-year-old brother in a wooded area near their home.
a 10-year-old in LaPorte, Indiana who required surgery to remove a BB from his eye after he was unintentionally shot by a 13-year-old friend at point blank range.
a 10-year-old in Columbus, Ohio who is in critical condition after his 11-year-old brother unintentionally shot him in the head with a gun that they had found in their backyard.
a 7-year-old in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who was unintentionally shot.
a 14-year-old in Park Ridge, Illinois who unintentionally shot himself in the leg with a handgun that his father had given him for Christmas.
a boy in Little Rock, Arkansas who was unintentionally shot in the face by one of his friends as they were playing with a gun.
a teenager in Knoxville, Tennessee who was hospitalized after sledding on an icy street into a moving pickup truck.
a 16-year-old from Joshua, Texas who was critically injured in a skydiving accident in Oklahoma.
a 10-year-old in Pasadena, Maryland who was injured after she fell down a 30-foot well....Read Full Post

Source: About.com Pediatrics - February 1, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news