Home Safety

Home Safety is important because it is a place where our loved ones lived and spend their majority of valuable time. Everyone tries to make their home as safe as possible to avoid any accidents with their loved ones but after taking care of their safety lots of accidents take place in a year. As per statistics in the United Kingdom almost 6000 deaths in a year due to home accidents and in USA this figure is more alarming almost 18000 home accidents with 21million medical visits in a year.

It is observed that children and elder people (over the age of 70) are more victims of home accidents.

To avoid such kinds of accidents understanding of home safety is required in community

Let’s understand home safety in details

Home Safety Hazards

Home Safety Control Measures

To mitigate all above hazards following measures required

• Clean all spillage immediately and stop movement while doing wet moping
• Never use a mobile on the staircase and use a handrail to avoid fall
• Never run on a staircase
• Make sure cooking oil has never been overheated or else it caught fire
• Don’t use water to extinguish a cooking fire
• Keep flammable material away from gas stove
• Never use bare cable for power supply
• Avoid joints in the cable
• Stop using kitchen equipment if found to damage
• Neve uses electrical apparatus near to water
• Don’t overload the electrical switchboard (for more insights on electrical safety click here..)
• Never laid down cables on the floor to avoid a trip hazard
• Don’t play with the chair, keep it firm
• Always use appropriate tools for height work
• Keep drawers of furniture closed to avoid trips and fall
• Keep presence of mind while using knives and cutters
• To avoid throat chocking choose your food appropriate
• Gas cylinder must be stored in an open area, avoid storage in a closed room
• Refill gas cylinder with the authorized agency only
• Keep matchbox away to avoid easy access to kids or use lighters for gas stove
• Avoid unauthorized use of cleaning chemicals, keep away from reach of kids
• Never mix two cleaning agents together to avoid chemical reactions
• Always attend leakages of utilities & drainage
• Make sure Gas stove is kept in close position while not in use
• Keep doors open while using a gas stove to avoid exposure to carbon monoxide
• Remove rats or other reptiles immediately if found in the home which may cut cable and damages properties which results in electrical shock or fire
• Make sure kids never reach to the Electrical stove
• Collect all toys spread on the floor to avoid injuries
• Make sure unsecured furniture is out of reach from kids it may fall on them in case of climb
• Make sure kids are not opened washing machine in running and make sure it’s interlock in working condition
• Avoid access to the dishwasher to the kids they may break porcelain/glass utensils or may affect with forks, knives and other sharp tools
• Remove toys from the staircase immediately
• Keep small objects away from kids to avoid throat chocking
• Block staircase from both ends to protect kids from fall
• Keep iron, hair straightener and other hot equipment away from kids after use
• Put blind on all electrical sockets to avoid shock to the kids if place finger in it
• Keep sharp objects away from kids

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