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A new OPSS campaign is warning of the dangers loose blind cords pose to children
Posted 09 October 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Health and Safety|National
UPDATES: A new OPSS campaign highlights the fatal risk posed by loose blind cords, urging parents, carers and employers to secure older blinds with proper safety devices and keep cords away from young children.
<p style="margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="color: #1c1e29;">It can only take a moment for a child to become entangled in a loose blind cord, and the results can be fatal. According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), at least 33 children have died as a result of strangulation by loose blind cords in the UK since 2001.&l...
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