Injury Facts

Each year, there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

While rare, roller coaster rides have been linked to an increased risk of brain injuries, including subdural hematomas (blood clots on the brain's surface) and strokes, primarily due to rapid acceleration, deceleration, and rotational forces.

Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.

Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days (1954), suffering a ruptured kidney, ruptured spleen, ruptured liver, crushed vertebra, and fractured skull. He also contracted anthrax and amoebic dysentery during his travels, and suffered from high blood pressure and liver disease later in life.

Each year, more than 50,000 people are injured by jewelry in the U.S.

Angela Hernandez was driving Highway 1 in Big Sur when she swerved to avoid a small animal and her Jeep plunged 200 feet off the cliff to the rocky shore below. She survived the crash, broke out of her partially submerged car, and spent seven days alone on the beach - using a 10-inch hose from the wreck to siphon fresh water dripping from cliff moss. Two hikers spotted the crushed Jeep and found her alive.