Book - 100 Most Dangerous Things

[Tom Mohaupt <tom.mohaupt@WRIGHT.EDU>]

        Good Morning,



Here's a book discussed in the local newspaper that some people may be 

interested in. It provides risk values for everyday occurrances. I have 

not read the book, so I have no comment on its content. It looks like it 

may a nice reference for compartive risk associations.

Tom





        Just in case you thought anything was safe.



http://www.daytondailynews.com/life/content/life/daily/0629seen.html





A new book called 100 Most Dangerous Things in Everyday Life and What 

You Can Do About Them by Laura Lee ($12.95, Broadway Publishing) 

describes the information found inside as everyday things that people 

overlook while they concentrate on big freak occurrences such as being 

struck by lightening or visiting the dentist. Below are some scary facts 

you probably wish you didn't know:



. There are more germs on your desk than there are on your toilet.



. An estimated 95,228 people are injured each year by wheelchairs.



. Garbage collectors rank third on the list of deadliest jobs in the 

United States. In Florida, garbage collectors are killed at twice the 

national rate.



. In the United States, 16,854 people are injured while playing hockey 

each year, while 56,201 people are injured golfing.



. An estimated 7,477 people are injured by dishwashers every year in the 

United States.



. 10,500 people in the United States are injured by go-karts each year, 

while 26,700 people are treated for injuries from shopping carts each year.



. In 2002, 365,799 people were sent to the emergency room after 

attempting some type of home improvement.



. More deaths are attributed to hospital-acquired infections than to car 

crashes and murders combined.



-- Dan Cox





        Message from the heart



Spotted this sign outside a church in Celina: "Nothing to be thankful 

for? Check your pulse."



-- Bob Batz





-- 

Thomas Mohaupt, M.S., CHP

Radiation Safety Officer

Wright State University

937-775-2169

tom.mohaupt@wright.edu