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WASHINGTON, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As Americans travel this summer, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to remind consumers to check for safety features when staying at a vacation rental home. Before signing the rental agreement, consumers should verify that the property has smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and at least one fire extinguisher. If there is a pool or a residential elevator, take extra precautions to keep kids safe during the stay. Unfamiliar homes can present dangers to your family.
The following safety tips can help to keep a vacation free of hazards and enjoyable:
Fire Safety
Check with the property manager to verify the property has smoke and carbon monoxide alarms installed and working, as well as at least one fire extinguisher.
Pool Safely
Child drownings are the leading cause of death among children ages 1 to 4 years old in the United States. Across 2017 through 2019, on average, there were 389 pool- or spa-related fatal drownings reported per year involving children younger than 15 years of age, and there were 6,800 hospital emergency department-treated, nonfatal-drowning injuries in 2021 involving children under 15 years of age.
Residential Elevator Safety
Homes with residential elevators can be a danger to small children if the gap between the elevator door and the access door inside the home is greater than four inches deep. Small children have been entrapped between the two doors, suffering skull and vertebrae fractures, traumatic asphyxia and death from crushing injuries due to the deadly gap. In fact, residential elevators were linked to 4,600 injuries and 27 deaths from 1981 through 2021.
Furniture and TVs, sleep spaces, poisons and window blind cords
Furniture and Television Tip-overs: From 2018 through 2020, there was an estimated annual average of 22,500 furniture, TV and appliance tip-over injuries treated at U.S. hospital emergency-departments, 44% involving children under 18 years of age.
Safe Sleep: Babies spend most of their time sleeping.
Poison prevention:
Window cords:
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About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
– Visit CPSC.gov.
– Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts.
– Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC.
– Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov.
– Call CPSC’s Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
– Contact a media specialist.
Release Number: 22-189
SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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