B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Prevention in our homes
safeguards our families

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Real concern has been SAD ESeE by the National Safety |boy friend to play it safe when | darn risky. mt
Council over the rapidly mounting home accident toll which | working around the house (or! The National Safety Council
last year claimed the lives of 28,000 persons in the United Ey vine his car, for tis matter) |says that electricity is nothing to Lo, tabes
States aed an 4,000,000 others. i uy ‘the right safety|fool around with, You can't be /
While the complete pen me acci- : cain , es A Prdieeee een hee ¢
dene ee ae Gants ot| A handy bed lamp will help cul ees | not kill off the man in 4 tub T.V. }
the home. A Texas man learned that
yet available, safety ne sat down on the night-| ane vey tom A agen
that it is quite safe to assum falls, too, the Cow ale watching TV in his ae he 4
judging from the statistics of Tet Otl iat 1 ONTO ie pee! an Ree Has) a ©
years, that the accident rates in| 1. Light stairs and steps. GES | ND Ra SORE a ESET peut ie *
Canada, will follow the same up-| Keep them uncluttered. ause? ~ Exobably eer seN
ward tre ane Wiieal . Fasten window screens '' S that energized the antenna. Spat
State: securely, Use guards on win- f Maybe you cont watch TV
id To Housewives we witht low ledge: ia itt taking bat! eo ae a good rR
In an attempt to curb this in-| 3, Use @ nonslip rubber mat = ch uel re take unnecessary >
creaselint Ropimtaccidententhe anion the es of your bathtub cl ince eon el est. “Mou may >
tional Safety Council has issued| °F Shower. Tubs or showers Mie ek HI thc! :
the following information which| 2f slippery — and hard! Also, :
is designed to aid housewives in Bromdes a vertical grab bar on Sg epee % a -
Pa dee of (aaders “Fevalsed: ie from electric current, many of i) ‘J
Place them and use them prop- me. Undoubtedly, re
erly. Avoid reaching and pat are painfully
shift substitut Sit in 4
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Council says. por people bt shocked by
Woman's Wor evel ing 0 elements to » me
Remember ay popular song Kitchen Hazard tive” reltigerator doors
about (ins being a Boman ' The Neo & eee in th Hutcherl het ie [ee mt
wosll, ait Gis fn ieee Cleehe a jae hot | How can you keep from being
Well, eeeeeine to the Nation- inane deidentally Slecteoeatea? ? 3
al Safety Council, it’s not only| “Irs children,” the National| _, ~ou.cam avoid a! IobloF ‘riske By t
Patenlisties) Gniilove (tliat womanil Ssiety. «Council says “chien observing these rules, the Council |
has things in her favor. underfoot in a kitchen eased y1 t
“It's a woman's worl far |all sorts of trouble. |
as safety is concerned, too,” the| “They have a habit of leaving} JSAM 1]
Council “We concentrate | marbles, crayons and toy trucks q
on telling wom ig to yee ep | here re on floors, Such |!
alive around the hou objects on the kitchen floor are a
tually ignore the man ot thet ae bobby traps when Mom tries to
Statistics show atbaboutls3 |. carry a pan of hot liquid, for ex- y
out of 4) persons killed in fallg| . “Yet working-age males are | ample, across the room. She may
ane (S GP Bie Derren eke dying “almost twice as fast in| fall, spilling the liquid on herself a
than 3 out of 4 falls occur in the or someone else.’
home. More falls occur in July it the Council say:
and Dece pes ny other st aes roont mf
time of th
Of the fatal falls occurring in- 4 c can you make your to
side the house, more ph fall | iichen safer? {
happen ii the edro. Next } . If possible, weep children T cat
most dangerous spots? The ie } as of the kitchen. ot, teach
ing-dining ro. oot, Vitchen) stairs i | to was cords,
and bathroom, iat hate der. 3 =| eephencee and stoves.
Why is the bedroom. such a reat Turn n handles of uten-
booby-trap? ve
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many reasons, uncil ne | and away from childr
says. One of the most important, _ SquBbe 4. Wipe up spilled liquids
of course, is the time spent there rom ‘loor.

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Another reason people fall s
afl in bedrooms is because o
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ys. For example: aan dectie tools, especial-
ys a Sel outside.
Stick your fork inside” the worn appliance i
aster next time that i iece of ae }
bread won't pop up. "t for-| “Confine your shocking ex-
| get, of course, to leave the toaster | Periences to the things you see rey nbi, Nm
plugged in. Oh, yes, and to make} on TV horror movies and th British Columbia
experience more memorable,| like,” the Council suggests. L >
try resting your free hand against| “Don’t get electr by a We V4 C
a metal sink or faucet home appliance.” : ornmen s ompe
ably one that’s moist. Another Killer ms
Fiddlin ith radios while] Mrs. Housewife — heres an-
you're taking a bath can iss pretty | other killer in your home! 73
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