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😄 PERSONAL
SAFETY 👀
The world we live in today is much safer
than the one known by your parents and grandparents. Even considering the constant bombardment of
news to the contrary, the government and industry have taken some major steps
to protect us all. In almost everything
we do, we are surrounded by protection based on safety experience from the
past.
You'll be safer - - but only if you have a
strong feeling for safety. Why? Because many of the safety factors developed
to protect you function only if you do something about them. Do you buckle your seat belt every time you
get in the car? Do you cross the street
at crosswalks instead of jaywalking? Do
you walk or jog on the left side of the road so that you are facing oncoming
traffic? These are just a few of the
things that you know and can do something about.
👉 We all must acknowledge the fact that we bear
some of the responsibility for making our environment safe and safety is
thinking about other people, too.
Because in this safety awareness, we can take steps to help others. For instance, a jagged piece of metal and
certain types of broken bottles on the
street can cause tire problems to cars.
Broken glass on the beach might also send someone to the hospital for
stitches. When you take time to clean up
things such as broken bottles, etc., you're taking a big step toward protecting
others.
An accident is something that happens to
you and to others. It's easy to think
that these accidents just happen. Buy
they don't. They're not just bad luck or
bad breaks that come to you out of nowhere.
An accident is never supposed to happen.
It isn't planned and it isn't deliberate. Accidents are caused!
An accident can be caused by an unsafe
condition. Look at your automobile. It can be a typical example of an unsafe
condition. Bad brakes and unsafe tires,
faulty headlights, loose steering, and, yes, even dirty windshields and side
windows can cause accidents, and they are all unsafe conditions. And along this same line, we need to consider
unsafe acts as also contributing to the cause of accidents. These are not "conditions." They are what you, or someone else, does or
doesn't do. A good example is
jaywalking. You know it's dangerous to
walk out between parked cars to cross the street, but it's easier than walking
down to the next corner.
Both unsafe conditions and unsafe actions
exist, and either one can cause accidents.
But you can put the two together, as well. That car with the poor brakes, and all the
other unsafe conditions, isn't unsafe at all
until someone starts to use it.
It's the act of using that causes the accident. Oh sure, the car was at fault, but the driver
of that car was the ultimate cause of the accident.
You will find many unsafe conditions in
your daily life, but most of them become truly unsafe based on your own actions
related to them. What causes you to act
in an unsafe way? Is it
carelessness? Poor judgement, were you
at the wrong place at the wrong time?
👌 There's never a total absence of risks in
our lives. Risks are voluntary actions
and can be managed. Emergencies can be
met and handled, but it takes know-how and constant awareness. What you can't prevent, you can usually
compensate for or protect against.
Safety experts classify accidents in four
broad categories: Motor vehicle, work
and job related, home, and public. The
public category excludes motor vehicle and work accidents in public
places. It covers sports and recreation
(swimming, hunting, etc.), air, water, or land transportation excluding motor
vehicle and public building accidents.
On the average, there are 10 accidental
deaths and about 1,000 disabling injuries every hour during the year. About one-half of the deaths occur in motor
vehicle accidents while about one-third of the injuries occur in and around the
home.
It's not hard to imagine adding yourself to
the accident statistics. Any day of the
week, you'll be swamped with stories in the newspapers and on television about
the many tragic accidents going on all over the country and it seems to be
getting worse all the time. And in every
case the victim was somebody who did not plan or expect that they would be hurt
or killed. 👊
In a matter of seconds, everything you
were ever going to do and be, can be snuffed out. At the least, you suffer pain and
inconvenience from an accident. At
worst, an accident kills or damages you for life. 😢
Safety saves you, but it does more than
that. Mix each safety ingredient with
all of your day to day activities. An
use common sense in everything you do.
Safety in your home is a combination of
mind and matter. You mind must be
constantly aware of the home safety dangers.
The matter is the safety condition of your home.
The safety condition of your home isn't a case
of rebuilding things to make it safe.
It's more the disposal of dangerous items, and a case of good
housekeeping. A safe home has a place
for everything, and that along with the right mental attitude about keeping
those things in place is just good housekeeping.
The home is the most frequent place for
injury accidents to occur, and it is second only to motor vehicle accidents for
the number of deaths in the country today.
Family members are busier than ever rushing in and out so it's easy to
understand how careless mistakes are often made.
When you read the daily newspaper or watch
newscasts on TV, you'll see that home accidents can be classified in two major
ways. There are things that can totally
disrupt your entire community - - such as earthquakes, tornadoes, storms and
floods.
And then there are those kinds of accidents
that are centered in your own home, and not involving the whole community. These are things like fires, local earth
sliding, flooding and wind damage.
You will need to consider both types when thinking about safety at
home. For the community - wide disasters,
you may or may not receive any outside help for a considerable period of time,
and you must be prepared to survive on your own home resources. With the second type, your home may be
destroyed, but some help should be there from the outside, early in the
experience. Most cities and communities
have some agencies and organizations in place to assist the public in times of
severe emergencies.
It is wise for everyone to do a home
safety check on a regular basis and get the family members involved. Naturally, every family needs to develop its
own plan because every house and every family is different. You will find many unsafe situations around your home and
correcting them will make your environment much safer.
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