July 28th 2023.
Tragedy struck a Kent, Washington LA Fitness recently when Delrie Rosario, 36, died while exercising on a treadmill. Marissa Woods, Rosario's sister, was with her at the time. “She tried to slow the machine down. I thought maybe she just missed a step, but she just collapsed and hit her head on the machine,” Woods said.
Woods screamed for help, but none of the gym's staff came to Rosario's aid. “I think they were in shock,” Woods said. Sadly, Rosario passed away at the hospital. As an organ donor, her heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver will help save five lives. “How big can your heart be to still be saving lives?” Woods said. “Just think, somebody is walking around…with her big heart. They don’t even know what heart they’re about to get.”
Though deaths related to machines like this are rare, according to data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 30 people died between 2003 and 2012 due to treadmill-related injuries. In 2020, close to 16,000 patients were treated in emergency rooms due to treadmill-related injuries. These injuries included broken bones, sprains, abrasions, friction burns, and blunt trauma.
Director of Fitness and Wellness for Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University, Toril Hinchman, told The Washington Post that the best way to avoid injury is to pay attention to the online ratings and reviews for the machine you are considering purchasing. As the main source of treadmill-related injuries is simply not paying attention, reading through the manual and reviews may be tedious, but it could be life-saving. “No one loves reading through the book but it’s good to at least take a look at it and see if there’s something you need to be aware of,” Hinchman said.
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