As per a report issued by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were close to 8,800 people injured in amusement parks in the United States in 2006. These numbers only reflect those injuries that were serious enough to require emergency department treatment in hospitals, which means that the total number is actually higher. An additional 3,600 injuries were sustained on inflatable amusement park rides, such as moon bounces and inflatable rides, and another 3,100 injuries were sustained on public water slides. Common Questions about Amusement Park Accidents in New York Here is a look at some of the most commonly asked questions about amusement

According to statistics, there are 76 million food-related illnesses each year in the United States and 325,000 food-related hospitalizations annually. About 5,000 people die every year in the US due to food-related illnesses. Of these, annual deaths, about 1,800 are caused by salmonella, Listeria, and Toxoplasma while unknown agents cause 3,200 deaths each year. While we expect the food at supermarkets and restaurants in New York or any other place to be clean, free from any contaminants and edible, there are thousands of people who contract food poisoning every day, causing weakness, nausea, vomiting, flu symptoms and in severe cases, organ failure. Common Bacterial Causes