The standard door is a safety hazard for young children often resulting in crush injuries, nail avulsions, fractures, lacerations, and amputations. This type of injury occurs mostly in households and may sometimes happen to adults, although this is less common. The simplicity of the door’s design has continually become a concern mostly due to its potential to cause injury. The purpose of this study is to redesign the door to reduce the risk of finger injuries in children. A safety door was designed and a model of it was constructed for study. Its two major features utilize silicone rubber fins at the pinch points and a “piano” hinge running the entire door length (instead of the conventional two or three separate hinges) to eliminate the space between the hinges. Ten door closures using five finger models (beef stick, green beans, string cheese, crayons, red licorice twists) were performed to observe and assess the resulting injuries from the safety door compared to a standard door. The severity of the resulting injuries was scored using a 0 – 8 numerical score. The collected data were recorded in a computer spreadsheet for statistical analysis. The safety door resulted in 1 amputation (0.7%) compared to 120 amputations (out of 200 door closures) in the standard door (60%, p<0.0001) and had significantly lower numerical injury scores (0.2 vs 4.8, p=0.0001). The safety door is less injurious than the conventional door and re-designing the door will likely lower the risk of finger injuries in young children.
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