15,000 Holiday Decorating Injuries Reported Last Year<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/05/holiday-decorating-injuries_n_4393574.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bFIzeEy2h356nZgJieEjcA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/15,000_Holiday_Decorating_Injuries_Reported-9bc3561561bb19d70e913a1ae7c90189" width="130" height="86" alt="15,000 Holiday Decorating Injuries Reported Last Year" align="left" title="15,000 Holiday Decorating Injuries Reported Last Year" border="0" /></a>Consider yourself warned: Be extra careful when putting up those holiday lights! New estimates from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission show that 15,000 people were injured and visited an emergency department last November and December because of holiday decorating. Injuries from falls were the most common, accounting for 34 percent of holiday decorating-related emergency department visits.</p><br clear="all"/>
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