For more information on injury prevention, call 983-6800. For more information on injury prevention, call 983-6800. CHILDREN AT RISK • Playful and spontaneous children. • Imaginative and curious children. • Energetic and persistent children. Sound like any children you know? CHILDREN AT HIGHEST RISK • Boys. • Younger than 5 years old. • Supervising parents are distracted (making meals, entertaining, etc.). WINDOW SAFETY • Teach your children about window safety. “Screens keep bugs out; they do not keep kids in.” • Teach them to play a safe distance from windows and enforce this rule in your home. (e.g. “We play two two big steps from windows”). • Keep furniture or anything a child can climb away from windows. • Keep windows closed and locked when not in use. • Only allow windows to open 4 inches and install a window stop that meets the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) — to keep children from opening them further. (Be sure an adult can open them in an emergency). • If you open windows wider than 4 inches, install window guards that can be removed by an adult in an emergency, and meet the ASTM standards. • Share this information with grandparents, child care providers, friends and neighbors who may have children visit their home. • Have an emergency ﬁre escape plan for your family. BALCONY SAFETY • Children on balconies should have careful supervision. • Make sure spaces between slats/bars are 4 inches or less. • Install a plastic shield or mesh barriers that covers the railings. • Keep furniture away from balconies. • Keep doors leading to balcony locked. Source: safekids.org, stopat4.com The majority of serious falls happens at home. Children are twice as likely to be injured in a fall-related injury at home than at a child care facility. Boys are more than three times as likely as girls to die from fall-related injuries. Children younger than 7 years old are at the most risk of falling from windows or balconies. Most window falls happen from windows with screens properly installed. HARD FACTS Window and Balcony Safety: Prevent Falls In the United States, 4,000 children fall from buildings every year — 70 percent fall from second- or third-story windows.

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Page 1: Window and Balcony Safety: Prevent Falls

For more information on

injury prevention, call 983-6800.

For more information on

injury prevention, call 983-6800.

Children at risk

• Playfulandspontaneouschildren.

• Imaginativeandcuriouschildren.

• Energeticandpersistentchildren.

Sound like any children you know?

Children at highest risk

• Boys.

• Youngerthan5yearsold.

• Supervisingparentsaredistracted

(makingmeals,entertaining,etc.).

WindoW safety

• Teachyourchildrenabout

windowsafety.“Screens

keepbugsout;theydonot

keepkidsin.”

• Teachthemtoplayasafedistancefrom

windowsandenforcethisruleinyourhome.

(e.g.“Weplaytwotwobigstepsfrom

windows”).

• Keepfurnitureoranythingachildcanclimb

awayfromwindows.

• Keepwindowsclosedandlockedwhen

notinuse.

• Onlyallowwindowstoopen4inches

andinstallawindow stopthatmeetsthe

standardsoftheAmericanSocietyfor

TestingandMaterials(ASTM)—tokeep

childrenfromopeningthemfurther.(Besure

anadultcanopentheminanemergency).

• Ifyouopenwindowswiderthan4inches,

installwindow guardsthatcanberemoved

byanadultinanemergency,andmeetthe

ASTMstandards.

• Sharethisinformationwithgrandparents,

childcareproviders,friendsandneighbors

whomayhavechildrenvisittheirhome.

• Haveanemergencyfireescapeplanfor

yourfamily.

BalCony safety

• Childrenonbalconiesshouldhavecareful

supervision.

• Makesurespacesbetweenslats/barsare

4inchesorless.

• Installaplasticshieldormeshbarriersthat

coverstherailings.

• Keepfurnitureawayfrombalconies.

• Keepdoorsleadingtobalconylocked.

Source: safekids.org, stopat4.com

The majority of serious

falls happens at home.

Children are twice as

likely to be injured in

a fall-related injury at

home than at a child

care facility.

Boys are more than

three times as likely

as girls to die from

fall-related injuries.

Children younger than

7 years old are at the

most risk of falling from

windows or balconies.

Most window falls

happen from windows

with screens properly

installed.

HARD FACTS

Window and Balcony Safety: Prevent Falls

In the United States, 4,000 children fall from buildings

every year — 70 percent fall from second- or third-story

windows.

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