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By
Catherine M. Pruissen
Automatic
garage door openers are extremely powerful, so powerful
in fact as to be deadly to anyone struck or trapped
by a closing door.
Garage
door openers are particularly dangerous to young children.
You can safeguard your children with a few simple
precautions:
- Read
and follow all manufacturers' instructions.
- Operate
the remote control only when you can see the garage
door and there are no children around.
- Test
the auto-reverse safety mechanism at least once
a month. Repair faulty mechanisms at once.
- Keep
the remote control up and out of your child's reach.
- Wall
controls must be installed at least 1.53 metres
or 5 feet off the ground to keep them safe from
little hands.
- Teach
your children the dangers of automatic garage doors
- especially playing "chicken" or trying
to slide under the door before it closes.
- Keep
the emergency release mechanism where you can find
it fast. Know how to use it.
- Examine
the equipment regularly for signs of wear. Have
all repair work done by a professional.
Taken
from our exclusive Safety
Tip Cards.
(See
Business Forms
in our Exclusive Products
section to order ready-to-use Accident/Illness/Injury
Report and other valuable forms .)
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©
Catherine M. Pruissen
Catherine M. Pruissen is the CEO of About Child Care
Consumer Services and developer of child care online.
She has published numerous child care related literature,
including Start and
Run a Profitable Home Day Care, The
Daycare Alternative, How to Find Good Child Care,
Caregiver Aids: Business
Forms for Caregivers and Parents, Income
Tax & Record Keeping for Child Care Providers,
and a host of workshops and workbooks. She was the editor
and publisher of the bi-monthly newsletter, Parent Care,
Your Child Care News-line. Catherine was also the coordinator
and workshop facilitator for The Child Care Information
Centre in Calgary, Alberta, and ran a successful dayhome
for eight years. |
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