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

Table 30: Degree of insertion (all toys totalled)
Finger Degree to which inserted Accidental
insertions
Thumb tip only inserted
5
tip inserted not as far as first joint 0
joint inserted
2
inserted past first joint
1
inserted past first joint with force 0
0
1
8
2
1
Intentional
insertions
First (index) finger
Middle finger
Third (ring) finger
Little finger
tip only inserted
tip inserted not as far as first joint
joint inserted
inserted past first joint
inserted past first joint with force
tip only inserted
tip inserted not as far as first joint
joint inserted
inserted past first joint
inserted past first joint with force
tip only inserted
tip inserted not as far as first joint
joint inserted
inserted past first joint
inserted past first joint with force
tip only inserted
tip inserted not as far as first joint
joint inserted
inserted past first joint
inserted past first joint with force
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
2
12
8
4
2
0
5
1
2
0
1
4
2
2
0
0
2
1
0
For intentional insertions of the thumb, 92% (11) of the insertions resulted in the joint being inserted or
inserted past the joint, for the index finger 89% (24), the middle finger 80% (8), the third finger 89% (8)
and the little finger 100% (3).
The index finger was inserted most frequently with the joint inserted (12 occurrences) and the finger
inserted past the joint (8 occurrences) and inserted with force (4 occurrences). The thumb joint was
inserted on 8 occurrences, the middle finger 5, third finger 4 and little finger 2. For each finger the most
observed occurrences involved the joint being inserted.
For accidental insertions of the thumb the tip only was inserted for 63% of insertions (5), for the index
finger 50% (2), the middle finger 50% (1), the third finger 57% (4) and for the little finger 67% (2).
This suggests where the insertions were intentional the children were more likely to insert the fingers
further and where the insertion is accidental the finger is not inserted so far. In fact we can see from table
30 that for accidental insertions only the thumb was inserted past the joint on one occasion.
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