Safety Assured Limited - Injury Protection

Walk into any nursery and you will find a happy and active space. But it only takes a split second for that happiness and activity to turn into an emergency. For example, when a small hand gets caught in the hinge side of a closing door. This is why nurseries need door hinge finger guards . In this blog, we will explain why young children are especially at risk and how door hinge guards can prevent painful finger trap injuries. Door hinges can be dangerous. Children under five are always curious and touch everything around them, including doors. The risk is that every nursery door has a hinge side that can trap little fingers in an instant. Some nurseries assume that slow-close or soft-close doors will solve the problem. But even those doors can leave a gap on the hinge side. That gap is just wide enough for a small finger to slip into. Unless that gap is covered, the risk of injury remains. Installing door hinge finger guards can prevent an avoidable medical emergency and all the con...

 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...

 Trapping your hand or fingers in a door is much more painful than you think. These accidents can result in crushed and broken fingers and damaged ligaments and may even lead to amputations. Accident stats show more than 300,000 door-related injuries are treated at emergency clinics every year. Twenty-five thousand of these injuries tend to result in fractures or amputations. Unfortunately, studies show that several children suffer from such school accidents. These are alarming stats, and there are often liabilities associated with such accidents. This liability extends to the owners of several buildings and all businesses, including child care centres, schools, recreation centres, restaurants, and other such establishments. If you wish to prevent all door-related injuries in your vicinity, you can consider replacing all high-traffic doors with PVC curtains . It will help you improve overall visibility and prevent accidents. However, it is not wise to replace all doors with PVC ...

One of the biggest reasons children under the age of 4 visits the emergency room is household injuries. However, the good news is that most of these injuries can easily be prevented by babyproofing your home correctly. Take time out to look for any hazards that may pose a threat to the safety and well-being of your children. There are numerous products available in the market, like door hinge finger guards , that are easy to install and are straightforward to use. Baby proofing a house means providing your children with a safe place to play without having to stress about any unexpected injuries. Living room and all high traffic areas The living room is an area where family members spend most of their time playing with children. This is why it needs to be safe for the kids and everyone else living in the house. If your living room has stairs, then you need to have gates installed to prevent falling. In case your living room features a fireplace, ensure that you have a fireplace do...

Hand, wrist, and finger injuries are prevalent at every place. These three parts of the body help you perform incredible tasks each day, yet you tend to take them for granted. Statistics reveal that your hands are the second most commonly injured body part at work besides school, home, and elsewhere. The injuries are painful, incur substantial medical costs, reduce hand strength, and include missed days and follow-up hospital visits. COMMON HAND INJURIES Injuries may be common, but the problem lies in not paying attention to what can possibly happen. Besides, when you’re injured, you delay the treatment, and this eventually results in long-term problems or disabilities. Some of the most common hand, finger, and wrist injuries may include the following: Accidental falls Work-related injuries Sports or recreational activities Fistfights Dislocation Overuse injuries Severed fingertips Door entrapment Bruises and lacerations Crushing injuries Strains, sprains, and fractu...

Securing schools and nurseries to the level that we protect homes is the first and best way of providing utmost protection to the inhabitants. But such level of assurance must be achieved with precise measures put in place. So here are a few tips on how the administration can guard the kids and staff against one of the underestimated threats – doors. Yes, doors certainly serve a variety of purposes in the facility, but these are dangerous. The following tips will, therefore, work to maximize safety throughout the faculty: Make sure to conduct regular key and badge audits, preferably in every few months. Safely account all access credentials, so it does not land in unauthorized possessions. Doors that can be locked from inside add an extra protective layer to facilitate the creation of a safe haven. Also, free exiting must always be possible from the inside whether or not it is locked on the outside. The exit door may provide single motion departure alongside rim and vertical ...

Children love playing, jumping around, and staying carefree. Besides all the fun and games, accidents are part of their play or even otherwise. One of the dangers that may severely injure kids, especially between the ages of one and fourteen, is closing doors. You may have seen handle side slamming all the more often. But, hinge side entrapments are also a common sight where the pain and damage are uncomfortable and excruciating.  School authorities take several stringent measures to keep up with the security of the facility. But they sometimes forget or avoid placing most straightforward safety measures like  door hinge finger guards .  Respected cosmetic and plastic surgeons from BAPRAS or the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgeons also warn how crushed fingers, in certain circumstances, can end up with lifelong impairment. This is why schools must ensure installing hinge guards on all suitable and high-risk doors. According to BAPRAS, ...

Kids at school are indeed prone to injuries while running, playing, or walking around inattentively. As a facility owner, what you can do best for their safety is to install protective devices that may avert the dangers in your absence. We understand you cannot go behind every kid, which is why durable and premium safety tools come to the rescue. What kids need to be more careful about are door related injuries. We know how to handle side of the door slams the little fingers or hands of kids while closing. But hinge sides are equally dangerous both while opening and closing. Hinges trap the fingers and lead to bruises, pinched skin, crushed bones, and whatnot. If the damage is severe, like in case of amputation or other lifelong impairment, settlement can exceed several hundred pounds. So, the best way to prevent such hazards and your legal liabilities is to use protective guards that avoid injuries even before they happen. While foam strips are useful for corners and knob side of ...

How can authorities childproof the premises of schools and nurseries? Secure the space with door hinge finger guards! Doors, cupboards, and door hinges can hurt the fingers of children. But by installing heavy-duty hinge guards, you can minimise finger entrapment injuries in schools and nurseries. Door hinge finger protectors serve as a shield to cover the openings on the hinge side of a door and prevent fingers from getting crushed, smashed, broken, jammed, or amputated (in severe cases). Kids are not as responsible or careful as adults, and many times lecturing too doesn’t work. So it would be best if you put the right precautionary measures in place and not compromise with their safety. Doors are often not seen as potential sources of danger, but they are! People underestimate the severity of finger entrapment injuries – but in reality, kids who do sustain such wounds are the ones to bear excruciating pain or even live with an impairment for the rest of their life.  ...

Each year more than three hundred thousand finger injuries all over the world result from door-related accidents. The damages, often born out of negligence include trapped and crushed bones and finger amputation in critical cases. More than anything, it is the excruciating pain and suffering that makes the situation worse, especially for kids. However, fitting suitable  door hinge finger guards  is a simple and most economical safety measure. It is particularly useful in homes, schools, and hospitals where children and adults are more vulnerable to the sustainment of entrapment discomfort. In fact, in several states, commercial establishments are mandated to comply with the statutory regulations of installing high-quality hinge finger guards to avoid long term damages and legal liabilities. But, how to choose the best door hinge finger guards for your particular facility? Make sure the one you select is heavy-duty, durable, budget-friendly, and fits...

As a parent, you might be accustomed to the loud scream of your child who has trapped his finger in a door. But, most of the parents are not sure what medical attention should be given when fingers are injured in a door. Medical assistance is not required in all finger smashing accidents. In most of the scenarios, the only thing that is observed is swelling and bruising of the soft tissue and the bones. You may also notice some small cuts and blood blisters. Soaking the finger in cold water and giving a pain killer to relieve pain will help. But in some cases, the injury may be severe and will call for medical attention. What type of smashed finger injuries needs the attention of a doctor? You might be eager to know this.  You should consult a doctor if the bleeding does not stop after 10 minutes or the finger looks broken or dislocated. You should also see a doctor if you notice increased pain, swelling or the cuticle appears damaged or destroyed. The best you can do to prev...

Finger trap accidents in schools can be reduced to a large extent by conducting a systematic inspection of all doors. The inspection will help in determining the degree of risk and what actions should be taken to reduce that risk. During a systematic inspection of doors, there are many factors that should be considered. First of all, review your school’s previous accident records to find out which doors, in particular, were involved in previous finger trapping accidents. You should inspect the condition of the doors thoroughly. The areas that can lead to accidents or serious injury should be checked, for example, the leading edge. Are the doors in your school fitted with safety products like the door hinge finger guards ? It is important to find out. Although both adults and children can equally be a victim of finger trapping accidents, small children are more prone to these accidents. So, if you are an owner of a preschool, nursery, or daycare, you should be more careful. Make s...

Finger trapping accidents are one of the most common types of accidents in the UK. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) — a British charity that aims to save lives and prevent life-changing injuries which occur as a result of accidents — over 40,000 children under the age of 15 suffer finger trapping mishaps every year in the UK alone. While door-related finger injuries are often shrugged off as “nothing too dangerous”, they have the potential to inflict lasting damage. For example, nearly 1,500 of those 40,000 children we mentioned above suffer injuries that are serious enough to necessitate reconstructive surgery or even amputation. This makes it essential to prevent door trapping accidents from happening in the first place. One of the most effective and affordable ways to put a stop to finger trapping accidents is with the help of door hinge finger guards . What these guards do is cover or minimise the door hinge opening, preventing young chil...