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| The purpose of door guards is to reduce the number of finger trapping accidents in doors, as doors pose a risk to children especially when closing. | The purpose of door guards is to reduce the number of finger trapping accidents in doors, as doors pose a risk to children especially when closing. | ||
| '''What do people have to say about Door Safety?''' | |||
| I found this comment on greatdad and I thought that it might interest other parents! | |||
| '''Dads, kids and lost fingers - warning to dads of toddlers | |||
| 16 May 2006 by paulbanas''' | |||
| Dads, kids and lost fingers - warning to dads of toddlers | |||
| Dads and their small kids share another thing in common -- a greater risk of losing fingers. | |||
| A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reports that children lose fingers to opening and closing doors. Men lose theirs to power tools. | |||
| The study found that about 28,000 people go to the emergency rooms in the US and that the greatest concentration is kids under 5 and men between 55 and 64. | |||
| Among kids, a full 73% fell prey to closing doors, while 47% of the older male's amputations were due to power tools. | |||
| The recommendation is to install pinch guards on doors and to watch carefully when kids are playing near them. Another solution is the Fingershield, which covers the area I consider more dangerous, behind the door near the hinges where little hands can get caught without being seen. As a dad who recently came milliseconds from taking off several of his son's fingers in a closing door, I strongly advise taking this one seriously. This accident can happen very quickly when little kids are playing behind a door while an adult is preoccupied with saying goodbye to friends or signing for a delivery. | |||
| The comment above was posted at greatdad.com | |||
| Door Safety is an issue that should be taken seriously, i have found some case study articles that might interest some parents and school teachers: | |||
| '''Tiny World Day Nursery Gives Parents Peace of Mind''' | |||
| Brightening up their little world… | |||
| Not content with simply installing the white devices, Karen decided to inject a bit of fun into finger protection, as she explained: “Tony wanted the white devices all over, which is what we got for the other two nurseries, but for Mansfield, we wanted to put a bit of fun into it, so we chose the red, yellow and blue devices. | |||
| “We wanted the colour devices, firstly, to emphasise that we’ve got them and, secondly, so they would fit in with the nursery’s décor. We have the old-style heavy wooden doors, so the Fingershields brighten the nursery up a little and add a bit of colour.” | |||
| As you can imagine, there is nothing worse than having the constant worry of toddlers getting their fingers trapped in a door. But as the Tiny World Day Nursery discovered, this kind of injury – and indeed this kind of worry – can now safely be a thing of the past. | |||
| '''Huntingtree Primary School Protect Pupils from Dangerous Doors''' | |||
| As well as managing the maintenance and upkeep of Huntingtree Primary School in Dudley, Mr. Steven Gray, the school’s Caretaker, is responsible for making sure that the school is free from potential hazards to both pupils and staff. | |||
| Having spoken to Steven recently, he told us what it is about Fingershield that made the school install over one hundred devices. | |||
| Steven has attended various meetings with the school’s insurance company who advised that unprotected doors are a serious hazard. Accordingly, the school’s Board of Governors wanted to address this problem, and so, Steven began searching for a door safety device that meets the specific needs of the school. | |||
| Given the high number of metal doors at the school, such as fire exit doors, Steven was looking for a product that can be used to protect both wooden and metal doors. | |||
| When asked what it is about the Fingershield device that caught his attention, Steven replied: “There has been a lot of touting in the press from companies offering door safety protection devices and we used to have one or two other products for the timber doors, but they were cheaper in quality and weren’t very effective. It was also important that we found a product that could be fitted to metal fire doors as well, which altogether made us choose Fingershield.” | |||
| Of the difference that Fingershield has made to school life, Steven said: “We certainly do have more peace of mind now. I have been looking for the past two years for a product that protects children from getting their fingers trapped in doors and, until I discovered Fingershield, I couldn’t find a device that covers both timber and metal doors.” | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 10:08, 8 November 2006
Door safety relates to prevention of door-related accidents. Such accidents take place in various forms, and in a number of locations; ranging from car doors to garage doors. Accidents vary in severity and frequency; however within the US, governmental departments have begun legislating to reduce the number of accidents that occur in doors. According to the National Safety Council, 300,000 injuries are caused by doors every year.
Because of the number of accidents taking place, there has been a surge in the number of law suits. As organisations are at risk when car doors or doors within buildings are unprotected, businesses have begun offering solutions (such as door guards) to neutralise the threat posed by doors. A closing door can exert up to 40 tons per square inch of pressure between the hinges.
According to the U.S. General Services Administration, Child Care Center Design Guide, June 1998:
- "...It is essential that children's fingers be protected from being crushed or otherwise injured in the hinge space of a swinging door or gate. There are simple devices available to attach to the hinge side, ensuring that this type of injury does not occur. As the door closes, the hand is pushed out of the opening, away from harm. In addition, young children are vulnerable to injury when they fall against the other (hinged) side of doors and gates, striking projected hinges. Piano hinges are not recommended to alleviate this problem as they tend to sag over time with heavy use. Instead, an inexpensive device fitting over hinges is available on the market and should be used to ensure safety..."
Door guards
Door guards (also known as hinge guards , anti-finger trapping devices and / or finger guards) protect fingers in door hinges. Door guards do this by covering the gap that is created by opening doors by covering the hinges of doors with a piece of rubber that wraps from the door frame to the door.
The purpose of door guards is to reduce the number of finger trapping accidents in doors, as doors pose a risk to children especially when closing.
What do people have to say about Door Safety? I found this comment on greatdad and I thought that it might interest other parents!
Dads, kids and lost fingers - warning to dads of toddlers 16 May 2006 by paulbanas
Dads, kids and lost fingers - warning to dads of toddlers Dads and their small kids share another thing in common -- a greater risk of losing fingers.
A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reports that children lose fingers to opening and closing doors. Men lose theirs to power tools.
The study found that about 28,000 people go to the emergency rooms in the US and that the greatest concentration is kids under 5 and men between 55 and 64. Among kids, a full 73% fell prey to closing doors, while 47% of the older male's amputations were due to power tools.
The recommendation is to install pinch guards on doors and to watch carefully when kids are playing near them. Another solution is the Fingershield, which covers the area I consider more dangerous, behind the door near the hinges where little hands can get caught without being seen. As a dad who recently came milliseconds from taking off several of his son's fingers in a closing door, I strongly advise taking this one seriously. This accident can happen very quickly when little kids are playing behind a door while an adult is preoccupied with saying goodbye to friends or signing for a delivery.
The comment above was posted at greatdad.com
Door Safety is an issue that should be taken seriously, i have found some case study articles that might interest some parents and school teachers:
Tiny World Day Nursery Gives Parents Peace of Mind
Brightening up their little world…
Not content with simply installing the white devices, Karen decided to inject a bit of fun into finger protection, as she explained: “Tony wanted the white devices all over, which is what we got for the other two nurseries, but for Mansfield, we wanted to put a bit of fun into it, so we chose the red, yellow and blue devices.
“We wanted the colour devices, firstly, to emphasise that we’ve got them and, secondly, so they would fit in with the nursery’s décor. We have the old-style heavy wooden doors, so the Fingershields brighten the nursery up a little and add a bit of colour.”
As you can imagine, there is nothing worse than having the constant worry of toddlers getting their fingers trapped in a door. But as the Tiny World Day Nursery discovered, this kind of injury – and indeed this kind of worry – can now safely be a thing of the past.
Huntingtree Primary School Protect Pupils from Dangerous Doors
As well as managing the maintenance and upkeep of Huntingtree Primary School in Dudley, Mr. Steven Gray, the school’s Caretaker, is responsible for making sure that the school is free from potential hazards to both pupils and staff.
Having spoken to Steven recently, he told us what it is about Fingershield that made the school install over one hundred devices.
Steven has attended various meetings with the school’s insurance company who advised that unprotected doors are a serious hazard. Accordingly, the school’s Board of Governors wanted to address this problem, and so, Steven began searching for a door safety device that meets the specific needs of the school.
Given the high number of metal doors at the school, such as fire exit doors, Steven was looking for a product that can be used to protect both wooden and metal doors.
When asked what it is about the Fingershield device that caught his attention, Steven replied: “There has been a lot of touting in the press from companies offering door safety protection devices and we used to have one or two other products for the timber doors, but they were cheaper in quality and weren’t very effective. It was also important that we found a product that could be fitted to metal fire doors as well, which altogether made us choose Fingershield.”
Of the difference that Fingershield has made to school life, Steven said: “We certainly do have more peace of mind now. I have been looking for the past two years for a product that protects children from getting their fingers trapped in doors and, until I discovered Fingershield, I couldn’t find a device that covers both timber and metal doors.”
See also
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