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Falls

Types of injuries

Into: General product safety Product categories Children’s items Playground equipment

Unfortunately, there are a range of potential injuries that can occur when using playgrounds. Death or serious injury can be caused by: strangulation (e.g. being caught in rope swings or clothing drawstrings), falls asphyxiation Minor injuries can be caused by: collisions cuts bruises collisions Read more

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Preventing falls

Into: Keep yourself safe Home and garden safety

- Avoid trips, slips and falls by ensuring halls & stairways are always well lit and free from clutter. Change light bulbs safely, without the risk of falling by using a stable step–stool. Avoid using old chairs to climb on. To minimise the risk of falls from windows, install and use restrictor catches on all upstairs windows and place furniture away from windows. Reduce trips, slips and falls by always quickly cleaning up spills. Avoid injury from falls from ladders by always (...) Read more

Falls

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