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Unintentional injuries of young children at home are preventable. The causes often relate to a range of factors that interact with inadequacies in design. Two examples of court cases involving an entrapment injuries are reviewed.
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Lueder, R. (2013). How Could This Have Happened? Unintentional Injuries of Young Children at Home. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics, and Risk Management. Healthcare and Safety of the Environment and Transport. DHM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8025. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39173-6_41
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