Tips for Electrical Safety of Young Kids at Home

Playing with kids and toddler is most exciting moment in everybody’s life. You cannot even imagine your kids or toddlers encountering  any kind of accidents which can hurt, injure or even cause threat to their life. Keeping your home or apartment a kids or toddler friendly is your duty. You need to know the hidden accidents and one of them is electricity.

Electrical accidents cause serious injuries and every year thousands are seriously injured all over the country, many of them are children. The most common cause of accidents is an unattended hot or sharp object that is in sight and reach. Through taking basic precautions, you can help to minimize the risks. It is the responsibility of parents to ensure that their kids or toddler is safe.

Safety Measures

Following are some safety measures to keep your kids or toddler safe in or around your home or apartment.

Keep electrical appliance out of reach: Ensure you keep all electrical appliances out of reach and you remove plug form socket after use.

Play centers in the middle of the room: Create large play centers in the middle of the room with their most interesting toys in the center of the rooms. This will make your kid or toddler busy with their toys and utilize center or middle of room. This minimizes electrical accident and makes your home or apartment safe for your kids.

Adult supervision: Kids and toddler are more prompt for accidents and needs adult supervision. Never allow your kids or toddler to play in a room or home alone. Always supervise your infants when they are close to electrics. Ensure you watch your kid’s movement and you can reach them in case required.

Plug socket covers: Plug sockets, or power outlets, are one of the primary danger spots for children. To prevent curious fingers poking into places where they shouldn’t, install plug socket covers to every power outlet in the home. Choose socket covers that have a twist and pull mechanism or ones that require the plug to be used as a key for removal.

Avoid using extension cords: Avoid using extension cords, especially for a long period. Do not string extension cords together, and make sure that the appliances do not exceed the amperage capability of the extension cord.

Cords and cables should be out of reach: Ideally, cords and cables should be out of reach and hidden because babies in particular are prone to chewing anything they can get their hands on. Cords and cables can also be pulled which may result in toppling over a lamp or other appliance bringing it crashing down on top of your tot.

Avoid touching electrical appliances from wet floor: Teach your child never to touch an electrical appliance, such as a hair dryer, light switch or radio, while he or she is in the bathtub or Wet floor or ground. Teach your child not to turn on lights or electrical appliances when you or others in your family are in or around.

Avoid contact with overhanging wires: Ensuring your children stay away from climbing trees or flying kites near overhanging wires. Never allow your kids to play in or around home where electrical wires hanging to the reach of them.

Do not allow to play near overhanging wires: Do not allow kids to fly kites, balloons or model airplanes near power lines. If one gets caught in a line, do not try to remove it. Leave it alone. Ensure your children stay away from climbing trees or flying kites near overhanging wires.

Safety of your kids or toddler is your primary duty. Cover the power outlets with socket cover that cannot be easily removed by your kids or toddler. Never encourage your kids or toddler to play in or around electrical appliance. Keep electrical appliance out of reach of children and ensure they are safely fixed to wall and do not fall or cause injury if your kid or toddler try to reach them. Don’t touch anyone or anything that is touching a downed wire.