Australian and US child-related recalls 2011–2017: leading hazards and injuries
| Recalls | Leading hazard count* | Incidents and injuries | ||||
| Australia | ||||||
| All child-related recalls | 652 | Choking (258), injuries (83), fire/burns (78) | Insufficient data | |||
| Per leading product category: | ||||||
| Toys/games | 241 (37%) | Choking (149), battery ingestion (35), damage to sight (29) | ||||
| Furniture/furnishings | 112 (17%) | Choking (36), entrapment (34), fall (24) | ||||
| Sports equipment | 92 (14%) | Fall (27), injuries (20), electric shock (19) | ||||
| Clothing | 83 (13%) | Fire/burns (44), choking (23), chemical (10) | ||||
| Other† | 124 (19%) | Choking (47), injuries (31), burns (16) | ||||
| USA | ||||||
| Incidents | Fatalities | Injuries | Leading injury mechanisms | |||
| All child-related recalls | 668 | Choking (159), fall (128), fire/burns (98) | 15 350 | 30 | 1301 | Fall (48%), crushing and piercing (13%) |
| Per leading product category: | ||||||
| Toys/games | 176 (26%) | Choking (74), laceration (25), fall (25) | 3823 | 1‡ | 381 | Fall (46%), struck (21%) |
| Clothing | 144 (22%) | Fire/burns (51), strangulation (47), choking (41) | 140 | – | 1 | Thermal effect |
| Furniture/furnishings | 121 (18%) | Fall (41), entrapment (37), strangulation (28) | 1894 | 22 | 311 | Crushing/struck (43%)§, fall (41%) |
| Sports equipment | 104 (16%) | Fall (50), fire/burns (22), entrapment (10) | 4032 | 2 | 452 | Fall (68%), crushing and piercing (17%) |
| Other† | 123 (18%) | Choking (30), chemical (15), ingestion (15) | 5461 | 5 | 156 | Unspecified (47%), crushing and piercing (22%) |
*Represented as hazard count not percentage as 10% of US recalls and 20% of Australian recalls identified two hazards and 2% identified three hazards.
†Other represents 17 industry segments for Australian child-related recall data and 16 industry segments for US child-related recall data.
‡Adult fatality using inflatable water slide.
§The narrative injury descriptions were not detailed enough to distinguish between the injury mechanisms of crushing, piercing or struck and hit by contact with object.