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Do Doors Pose A Safety Threat To Kids?

 When you monitor individual claims and trends, you will notice a significant growth in children’s fingers or hands getting caught in a closing door. Such incidents generally result in crushed, bruised, or smashed fingers. The potential for more severe injuries also exist, including fractures and may even lead to amputation of one or multiple fingers. But how do these accidents occur? When entering or exiting a public property, play area, or any other area with doors, a child may innocently get their hand or finger stuck between the door and its frame from the hinge side. The child might not be strong enough to prevent the door from slamming shut or opening it to free their fingers or hands. You must understand that the force created by a closing door can easily reach up to 40 tons per square inch as the door closes. Hence, you must install door safety products to keep little ones safe around doors. Door Finger Guards Can Help You Prevent Such Injuries On Your Property You can qui

How To Avoid Door-Related Injuries?

 More than 300,000 door-related injuries every year make it to the emergency rooms. Twenty-five thousand of these injuries often result in fractures or even amputations. These are alarming stats.  Moreover, these accidents often come with liability. There have been several such cases that often result in thousands of dollars as an award. This liability exposure also extends to you as the owner. These buildings and businesses include childcare centres, schools, recreation centres, restaurants, and other establishments.  Door-Related Injuries Are The Worst.  Door-related injuries can occur from both the door's hinge and handle side. The handle side is generally more common to injuries but is also less severe. On the other hand, the hinge side of the door is responsible for less severe accidents.  This is why many people refer to the hinge side of a door as the amputation side. Sure, you may install PVC curtains instead of a traditional door, but it may not be the right choice fo