ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

Be careful and limit your chances of traumatic injuries

Jun 30, 2014, 9:14 PM | Updated: Dec 10, 2015, 12:59 pm

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Every time my wife sees me taking out the ladder to fix something, she gives me the same warning — that I usually ignore — which is “be careful on that thing.”

Maybe her warning is because she knows that after poisoning, falls are the second leading cause of unintentional deaths, and falls are the number one reason why men in Arizona end up in the emergency room.

Take a look at the infographic to learn how you can avoid being part of this statistic.

Read more at ManUpArizona.com

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Be careful and limit your chances of traumatic injuries