Wednesday - Jul 09, 2008
Safe Kids Champaign County Offers Yard Safety Tips
Each of five major child injury hazards - motor vehicles, drowning, burns, falls and poison - can be found in the back yard during the summer. Riding mowers, inflatable pools, home playground equipment and even natural vegetation and sunlight require a few simple precautions.
"All of the safety guidelines you apply to sports, playgrounds and swimming apply to those activities in your own back yard," says Susan Butler, Safe Kids Champaign County coordinator. "An inflatable pool needs to be surrounded by a fence, just like any other pool. A home playground needs to be anchored on an appropriate surface just like equipment on a public playground."
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