1 in 112,000,000

The odds a person will die from a vending machine accident in a year are 1 in 112,000,000 (US, 1979 - 1995).

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Giles K. Vending Machine Accidents. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. November 2, 1995.

Compressed Mortality File, 1979-2005 [Internet]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Available from: http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortsql.html

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anonymous
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there were some female fatalities as well.
a number of the fatalities were college students trying to tip
the machine to get free product.

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amack
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I presume these were all vending machine delivery men!

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