TY - JOUR T1 - Mechanical bull riding in early childhood: a preventable cause of serious injury JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2021-245959 VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - e245959 AU - Erin E Ross AU - Iris Garcia AU - Melissa Anderson AU - Ryan Spurrier Y1 - 2022/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/15/1/e245959.abstract N2 - Our institution saw three cases of moderate to severe injury in children under 7 years of age caused by falls from mechanical bulls at private parties. Injuries sustained included long bone fracture, skull fracture and intracranial haemorrhage. The circumstances of these injuries led our institution’s injury prevention team to investigate the safety protocols of local vendors, revealing limited regulation of safety equipment, rider age or height minimums and training for the operation of mechanical bulls. This information was reported to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in order to reduce instances of these serious injuries in young children. ER -