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Consumer Product Safety Alert
FROM THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20207
Safety Devices Help Prevent Deaths and Injuries (Continued)
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HAZARD AND ANNUAL TOLL
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SAFETY DEVICE
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Child drownings in swimming pools (300 drowning deaths, 2,350 injuries treated in emergency rooms)
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A fence surrounding all four sides with self-closing and self-latching gates
around swimming pools can cost as little as $3.50 per linear- foot. If the fence perimeter is 300 feet, the price could be $1,050.
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Poisonings (42 deaths, approximately one million exposures to medicines or household chemicals)
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Safety latches for kitchen, bathroom, and workshop cabinets can help keep household chemicals and medicines locked up away from children, Use the child-resistant closures that come on most medicines and chemicals. Safety closures save lives.
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Tap water scalds (34 deaths, 3,800 burn injuries)
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Anti-scald devices range in price from $15 to $75, not including installation. Anti- scald devices can keep water temperature below 120 degrees Fahrenheit to help prevent scald burns.
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Strangulation/suffocation with chests used to store toys (3 deaths, several injuries)
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A spring-loaded lid-support device can keep a lid from falling on a child's neck or from closing and trapping a child playing inside the chest. This device costs about $7.50 and should be used on all chests that store toys.
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