A recent study in Clinical Pediatrics reports an alarming number of children suffer injuries from high chair accidents. More than 9,400 children a year, come into the emergency room with high-chair related injuries. That’s an average of one child every hour. Washington (CNN) -- Reports of children falling from a popular high chair prompted the federal government to issue a recall Tuesday. Officials say Evenflo's convertible high chair tray can detach unexpectedly, causing kids to fall out. The recall involves In fact, at least 8,000 U.S. children are victims of high chair mishaps each year, according to the researchers' estimates. "Most of the injuries involved the head or face," says lead researcher Elizabeth Powell, MD, from Children's Memorial Hospital in COLUMBUS, Ohio – A nationwide survey shows that more children are being treated for high chair-related injuries. About 24 children a day are being sent to U.S. emergency departments for high chair injuries, according to the study released Monday by the WASHINGTON (CNN) — Reports of children falling from a high chair prompted the federal government to issue a recall Tuesday. Officials say Evenflo’s convertible high chair tray can detach unexpectedly, causing kids to fall out. The recall involves "The high chair is often used in dining areas with hard floors." Not all of the medical records described what kids were doing right before the injury. But among those that did, two thirds reported that children were either climbing or standing in their .
told Reuters Health. Children were most likely to injure their head, his study found. The most common injuries associated with high chairs were so-called closed-head injuries, such as concussions. Those were followed by bruises and cuts. "One of the things WASHINGTON - Reports of children falling from a popular high chair prompted the federal government to issue a recall Tuesday. Officials say Evenflo's convertible high chair tray can detach unexpectedly, causing kids to fall out. The recall involves Evenflo COLUMBUS, Ohio — The number of children injured by falling out of a high chair rose 22 percent in the past seven years, according to a new study. An average of one child per hour is treated for injuries related to falling out of a high chair in the .
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