Home Safety Tips

By: Ralph Winn
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:21:26
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We all know seatbelts and bicycle helmets save lives. We also know, and teach our children, to look both ways when crossing a street and to never talk to strangers, but these precautionary measures don't prevent accidents from occurring in our own homes. More than 75% of all injuries occur in the home or surrounding areas, and a set of home safety tips can prevent the majority of all home accidents. The following home safety tips teach you how to ensure your and your children's safety in the two most used areas of your home.

Home Safety Tips for the Kitchen:
The kitchen is home to many different life-threatening objects and substances. Each year, more than one thousand children are killed by ingesting poisonous substances, but the majority of households still keep cleaning supplies, such as bleach and ammonia, under the kitchen sink, at kid level. "Junk drawers," which are found in most kitchens, are usually full of everything from ink pens and thumb tacks to scissors and super glue. All of these things, when in a child's hands, are extremely dangerous. When properly integrated, the following home safety tips, designated for your kitchen, keep your child out of harm's way. Install child-proof door and drawer locks throughout your kitchen, Monitor your child, no matter his or her age, every time he or she cooks, Keep kitchen utensils such as knives and glass dishes in high-up cabinets, Store all harmful cleaning products out of your child's reach, Use the back burners, which your child can't access, whenever you cook and Stay in the room when kitchen appliances, such as deep fryers, blenders, stoves, and microwaves, are used. Incorporating these kitchen-specific home safety tips into your home improves your chances of not spending tonight at the emergency room.

Home Safety Tips for Living Areas
The term "living areas" isn't exclusive to just the living room. Living-area home safety tips are for all areas of your home in which you and your family spend a significant amount of time. These areas contain a plethora of objects that could prove hazardous. Electric cords, window blinds, and sharp corners are all considered potential dangers. The home safety tips below turn your home's living areas into safe havens for you and your family, Insert child-proof plugs into each electrical outlet in your home., Wind window cords, which are a strangling hazard, so they are out of your child's reach, Install window guards on all upstairs windows to keep children from falling out, Place corner guards on all sharp edges to prevent knocked out teeth or bruised shins and Mount safety gates at the top and bottom of all staircases.

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