In 2002, there were 33,300 fatalities and 8,000,000 disabling injuries that occurred in peoples homes, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). Every 16 minutes, there is a fatal injury and every 4 seconds a disabling injury in some home in the U.S. As someone who is usually pretty careful about not tripping, landing on my butt in the apartment and twisting my toe backwards and bruising my arm, could have been a lot worse. I'm so lucky! I didn't see that the floor was wet and with my new sneakers, I slid along the floor making an improbable split while my toe went under my foot in my shoe. My toe's sore, but I don't think it's fractured (at least I hope not), and my arm is just a little swollen and will probably turn black and blue.
From now on, I'm only going to walk barefoot in the house, since that gives you a lot more traction.
