Requirements for finger entrapment in European safety ... - ANEC

Seventeen children were observed inserting their fingers in the opening within the ball, (accidentally and
intentionally), 10 in the book and 13 in the activity panel. The youngest child to insert their fingers was 6
months, the oldest 18 months (number of each age shown in table 24). Eight children played with the ball
without inserting their finger and 10 the book and activity panel. Table 25 shows the recorded number of
insertions and observed play with no insertions. In Table 26 the ages of the children are presented
according to whether they inserted a finger, played but did not insert and did not play.
Table 24: Age of children observed
Age in months Number of children
5 1
6 3
7 4
8 1
9 4
10 3
11 2
12 2
13 1
14-18 7
Table 25: Number of children inserting fingers, playing with toy and not inserting fingers
Toy Insertion Play but NO insertion No play
Ball 17 (60%) 8 (29%) 3 (11%)
Book 10 (36.5%) 10 (36.5%) 8 (27%)
Activity Panel 13 (46%) 10 (36.5%) 5 (18%)
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