Steps to a Healthier Home Learning Objectives Page 81 Are Injuries Accidents Accidents Injuries Page 81 SafetyRelated Housing Issues Source American Housing Survey 2011 Page ID: 487157
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Keep it safe
Steps to a Healthier HomeSlide2Learning Objectives
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Are Injuries Accidents?
Accidents
Injuries
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Safety-Related Housing Issues
Source: American
Housing Survey –
2011
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What are the most common causes of home injury deaths?
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Which age groups
are most susceptible?
Age Group
Susceptibility
Infants
Choking/suffocation
is the highest rate of injury death
Birth –
age
14
Nonfatal falls at home
1-14 years old
Highest rate of home injury death is fires and burns
Older adults
Nonfatal falls at home
Adults
80+ years
20 times higher risk for
death from injury than younger individuals
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Safety Glass?
Window Safety Guard
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Handrails and grab bars where needed?
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Where do kids play?
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Sharp edges
Splinters
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What Do They Land On?
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82%
of households keep medicines in unlocked drawers or cabinets.
69%
of homes with young children store household chemicals in unlocked areas.
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8.6Slide15Labels
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8.7Slide16CPSC Principal Display Panel
Signal word
Affirmative statement of principal hazardStatement to read other cautions on another panel if all labeling is not on Principal Display Panel
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What’s under the sink?
Warning
Caution
Danger
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8.8Slide18Danger
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8.8Slide19Corrosive v. Irritant
Understand the difference.
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8.8Slide20Flammable v. Combustible
Flash Point
Extremely FlammableFlammable
Combustible
Flammables start fires. Combustibles feed fires.
If you need to choose,
pick a combustible.
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8.9Slide21EPA Pesticide Product Label
Product Name
IngredientsActive
Inert / Other
“Keep Out of Reach of Children”
Signal Work - Poison/Danger/ Warning/Caution
First Aid
If Poison, then skull and crossbones
Net contents.
EPA
Registration
Number
is Key
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Storing Hazardous Materials
Well labeled bottlesEasy to identify
Store hazardous materials in secure location
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What about bug spray?
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Arts & Craft Materials
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8.11Slide25Food Safety
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8.11Slide26Fires and Burns
House fires
Water heater temperature
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Home Fires from Smoking
7,600 fires each year
Leading cause of civilian fire deaths
67% from abandoned/discarded smoking materials
Bedroom - leading area of fire origin
Fires occurred most often from noon to 8 p.m.
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Smoke Alarm CO AlarmFire Extinguishers
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Scalding
To avoid risk of scalding:
Hot water should be less than120
°
F
Hot water should be less than - 120 degrees F to avoid
risk of scalding
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Crib Safety
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Choke hazards?
Electric
shock
hazard
?
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8.15Slide34Firearms
Trigger locks and secured storage
Store ammunition separate from weapon
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Keep it Safe
There are many ways to be injured in the home
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IPMC Sections Related to Safety
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IPMC Sections Related to Safety
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IPMC Sections Related to Safety
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Key Messages
Injuries are not accidents. They are preventable.
There are many simple and inexpensive ways to prevent home injuries.
Children and older adults are more at risk for injuries in the home.
Falls, poisoning, and fires/burns are the most common causes of injury deaths.
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