A 21-year-old sitting on a plane is clonked on the head by a laptop falling from an overhead compartment.
And many, many people fall off hoverboards.
More than 64 percent of VR-related emergency room visits were the result of unintentional punching.
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Hoverboards vs. drones
Hoverboardsaccounted for more ER visits in the NEISS sample than any other rig we examined.
The good news is the 2023 data didnt contain any examples of hoverboardsspontaneously combusting.
Surprisingly, drones accounted for the fewest number of ER visits in our dataa suspiciously small 9 incidents.
Vibrators
Its no secret, people getvibratorsstuck in their bodies.
Cell phones
The most dangerouscell phone-related activity seems to be holding oneand then not holding it.
It should go without saying that it is particularly dangerous to doomscroll while walking down a flight of stairs.
caused 5 percent of visits.
And one injury appears to have been an act of god.
The comparative heft of laptops seems to account for much of this.
Their larger size also makes laptops less convenient and more dangerous to travel with.
Five percent of laptop injuries were sparked by laptops falling out of overhead storage compartments on planes or buses.
But lighter things arent always safer.
They become easier to throw.
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