Abstract
I i 5 Inadequacies of the coding system used to describe the circumstances of injuries in these reports, with a few exceptions, make it impossible to ascertain the extent of product involvement (3-5). An examination of other sources of less comprehensive injury data both overseas (6-8) and in New Zealand (9,10) shows that consumer products are involved in a large number of these injuries. The aim of this paper is to review some current and planned strategies for controlling product-related injuries in New Zealand, discuss a number of issues raised by these strategies, provide a rationale for focusing injury control measures on products rather than people, and suggest ways in which information on product-related injuries may be improved.
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