29 Helpful Safety Tips to Keep in Your Back Pocket
The world can be a dangerous place at times, even simple and everyday tasks can have some hidden dangers lurking around the corner.
So if you want to up your personal protection level, then keep these safety tips handy, you never know when they become life-savers.
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Firefighter here; Sleep with your doors shut at night (helps prevent fire spread/smoke inhalation) Be able to crawl, blindfolded, out of every room in your house. Make sure everyone in your home knows what to do in the event of a fire. Where to meet afterwards, etc. If you have kids, explain to them that firefighters may look ‘scary’ in full turnout gear, but they can not be afraid of us. Friendly reminder while I have your attention; check the batteries in your smoke detector. They truly are life savers.
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Wear safety glasses when working. Wear safety gloves when working. Wear safety boots when working. Do not make excuses — one mistake can cost you your finger, eye, toe.
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Worked in a machine shop. I was told the top three rules were these: 1) Know where the emergency stop button is on every machine. 2) If you wouldn't touch it with your "peter", don't touch it with your finger. 3) If something falls, let it hit the floor (don't try to catch anything falling).
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Don't say, 'Someone call an ambulance.' Do it yourself, or directly tell one person to do it. Don't move someone injured unless there is an imminent danger to the victim. Puncture wounds, the puncture object acts as a cork, leave it in until medics arrive and let them deal with it. Learn cpr for adults and children, the same goes for choking techniques like heimlich.
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If you are the passenger, never put your feet on the dash. With or without airbags, don’t do it. Level 1 trauma hospital worker here. Seen a fatality of a passenger who had their legs on the dash during the collision. It literally shoved their (broken) leg back into them and their own leg bone (shard) pierced their chest cavity and heart.
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As a life long Floridian, I see this all the time here, and else where in the news. In the event of a disaster, stay away from downed power lines!! Don’t walk along the street with them, don’t drive your car over them, don’t take selfies with them. They’re thunder noodles and have been known to kill.
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Do NOT put objects in the driver's foot space. Even things as small as a tennis ball. It's very unsafe for the driver.
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One for knowing what to do when encountering bears: When it’s brown, lie down. Brown bears are pretty aggressive. The first thing to do is put your arms above your head and stand as firm as possible to make yourself look big. When the brown bear is still coming to you, don’t run! Lie down, curled in a ball with you backpack still on; it’ll protect you. The bear will paw you, see that you’re no longer food and move along. If it’s black, fight back. Black bears are less aggressive and can easily be fought back. Just like with brown bears, make yourself look as big as you possibly can. It’ll see you as a threat and move away. If it’s white, say goodnight. Polar bears are the biggest species of bears on earth. If you’re running away from one, throw your pack to the side; polar bears have a short attention span and will go to the parcel you threw to the side. If that doesn’t work, and the polar bear is still gaining on you, there’s unfortunately nothing left but to accept Christ as your Lord and Savior because it’ll un-alive you in minutes.
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When walking down the street with a one-shoulder bag, keep it on the building side of your body — not the side on which people pass you. It makes the bag harder to grab and run away with. If asked for the time on the street, don't check your phone. Check your watch, but do so by lifting your wrist to within your field of view - don't look down at your wrist. If you don't have a watch, then say you don't know the time. Be cautious if a person asks you to look at something, like "that car behind you". Collectively these tips will help avoid some basic mugging tricks.
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When boiling a pot of water, turn the handle inwards towards the center of the stove / counter. That way somebody (especially a kid) won’t come by and knock it over or grab it and pull it over on themselves.
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Never plug in space heaters to power strips! ALWAYS plug them directly into wall outlets. This is one of the most common fire starters in home fires.
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You're more likely to be attacked in a transitional space. Going into and out of buildings, cars, and especially between the two. You let your guard down because you're thinking about what you're going to do when you get there, not what you're doing right now, and not what's going on around you. Stay alert, stay safe.
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Around any body of water: - Feet first first time - never dive unless you know how deep the water is. - Drowning looks like climbing a ladder, and it's silent. - If you get into a dangerous current swim perpendicular to it. - If you're in water over your head, or in a dangerous current, flip, float, and follow.
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If you're confronted, it's far better to run away if at all possible rather than try to fight your attacker. Even if you think you are a badass.
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If you have a skin mole that has blurry edges, isn't symmetrical, is a weird shade of red, weeps fluids, or acts like an open wound that won't heal, you might have skin cancer. Go to a doctor IMMEDIATELY. Melanoma kills fast.
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There are different kinds of fires and using the wrong suppressant can fuel or spread the fire more. The most common example of this is how water will cause an oil fires to spread. Some fire extinguishers are only good for certain fires based on there rating so make sure you read what fire types it works on before purchasing. Baking soda works great on small grease fires.
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If your child goes missing in your home, first check any spots that would be dangerous for them to be (near water heaters, sump pumps etc…) then check their common hiding spots.
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Deep dents in canned foods, especially on a seam, can be a sign of botulism or bacterial contamination; these cans should be avoided.
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Always put an emergency brake up when you park your car on a hill. You never know when your regular brake would fail.
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If you get bitten by an animal that you even think is rabid get vaccinated RIGHT AWAY. Rabies is a brutal way to go out and if you miss your window there’s not much nothing that can be done.
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The gates on a railroad crossing are meant to break away when driven through. If your car ever stalls out on a crossing, don't bother with 911 — look for the blue sign posted on the crossing gates themselves and call that number. That number will get you in contact with the train dispatcher, who can let oncoming trains know about it immediately.
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