Christmas Safety Moment

Learn from other people's mistakes...

Statistics on a range of the ways in which people injure them-selves or even die at Christmas, (allegedly) from NHS records (c. 2002).

• 31 people have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.
• 19 people have died in the last 3 years by eating Christmas decorations they believed were chocolate.
• Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling incidents.
• 101 people since 1997 have had to have broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.
• 5 people were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.
• 58 people are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers to change batteries in toys.
• 3 people die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.
• 142 people were injured in 1998 by not removing all the pins from new shirts.
• 18 people had serious burns in 1998 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
• A massive 543 people were admitted to casualty in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth or eye socket.

AND SURPRISE, SURPRISE:

• 8 people cracked their skull in 1997… while throwing up into the toilet.

AND FINALLY A FEW THAT ACCURATE NUMBERS WEREN'T AVAILABLE FOR:

• got drunk and fell asleep on park bench/under hedge/front door step and froze to death.
• injured/killed/sacked after abusing boss at Christmas party.
• injured/killed through use of non-approved or unsafe Xmas decorations.
• injured/killed by close relative (generally wife or mother in law) following row during Queen's Speech or preparation of Xmas dinner.
• injured/killed mixing alcohol with motoring…

HAVE A SAFE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY !!