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News items on 'Accident Prevention'
Lawnmowers 'pose health danger'
(BBC 22/11/2009)
Using a ride-on mower to cut the grass might save energy but they land thousands of people in hospital every year, experts have warned. Over five years some 66,000 Americans ended up in emergency departments with injuries caused by lawn tractors, reports the Journal of Safety Research. While many suffered bruises or sprains, some of the injured suffered broken bones and amputations. Six people died. Most cases resulted from moving mowers or machines flipping over.
Buggies blamed for cutting off fingertips in US 'are safe for UK'
(The Scotsman 11/11/2009)
PRAM maker Maclaren yesterday defended its decision not to launch a European recall of buggies at the centre of a safety scare despite doing so in America. It announced a million folding buggies in the United States were being recalled after reports that 12 children had fingertips cut off from being caught in hinges. But yesterday it said the recall would not apply to the UK or the rest of Europe and insisted the buggies were safe when opened and closed correctly.
(BBC 24/10/2009)
When Tess Morris walked into the patio door of her holiday apartment her injuries were so severe that she nearly bled to death. The accident in Gran Canaria severed her main blood vessels and nerves in one arm, causing her to lose 70% of the blood in her body. "My family thought I was going to die. I can't remember much about it, but there was blood everywhere. The cut was so severe I lost seven pints of blood," the 44-year-old mother-of-one said.
(Daily Express 04/08/2009)
MOST of us feel secure in our own homes but perhaps we are being a little too complacent. New research from the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents (RoSPA) reveals more than 4,000 people a year die as a result of household accidents in the UK, with a further 2.7million requiring urgent medical treatment. Falls, poisoning and suffocation are the three most common causes of death and injury but many people are blissfully unaware of potential dangers.
Mishaps at home put 1300 children in hospital
(The Scotsman 13/01/2009)
MORE than 1300 children were admitted to hospital last year in the Lothians as a result of an accident in the home. Recently released figures show that 1361 under-15s found themselves in casualty as a result of a domestic mishap. Despite being the second highest in Scotland, in keeping with population trends, the number of unintentional injuries sustained is below the national average.
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: 'I'm nervous about letting my son visit his friend's house'
(The Independent 01/09/2008)
My problem is his mother, who asks my son back in return. I am nervous of letting him go. She has a large 'tame' dog and the children are allowed to roll around with it. She feeds them piles of junk food, and also has a swimming pool, which is unfenced.
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