Treadmill related fatalities and injuries in u.S.
2018-2020
The CPSC stated that in 2019, U.S. emergency departments treated an estimated 22,500 treadmill-related injuries, about 2,000 of which were to children under eight years old. Between 2018 and 2020, 17 treadmill-related fatalities were reported to the CPSC, one of which was a five-year-old child.
2005-2014
Between 2005 and 2014, 30 treadmill-related fatalities were reported in US. The motorized treadmill injuries send over 24,000 people to the emergency room in 2014. This accounts for 40% of all indoor fitness equipment injuries in the United States alone.