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Show SAFETY HULKS OFFEKKI) FOR SPRING HOUSE CLEANING I.mlieH, it nmy be spring hou.-le- cleaning time. Hut It's fall the National Safety Council is worrying worry-ing about. The kind of fall that breaks bones, that is. The council has good reason to fret. Those statistics that are so uninteresting (until they mean you) show that falls are the nation's na-tion's No. 2 accident killer. The ladies, who among their manifold duties may con.sider themselves the safety engineers of their homes, can do a lot to reduce the annual toll of 10,500 fall deaths in the home by thinking of the full during spring cleaning. The council says they can do this in two ways first, by iniikin';' sure they are not numbered among the victims because they use unsafe un-safe cleaning methods, and second, by using cleaning time as a chance for closeup Inspection of the fall hazards around the house. Here's lluw To Trotect Seir . . . Hero's how you can protect yourself. To reach the high places, use your kitchen step stool or a stepladder in good repair. Never climb on boxes or unsteady chairs. Sitting on a window sill to wash outside windows is just downright foolhardy. Don't stagger downstairs down-stairs with loads of bedding or other objects that are too heavy 'or obstruct your vision. Keep your cleaning tools picked up ami safely out of the way. By all means, don't make an obstacle course out of your stairs. Watch yourself on newly-waxed floors, especially before be-fore the rugs are relaid. To protect the rest oT the family fam-ily as well as yourself the year round, housecleanlng time is an opportunity to make a note of all the lia.anls you .see from time to t i m e around the" house, but promptly forget or put off removing. remov-ing. The council asks that something some-thing new be added to the cleaning J routine (his year by having a pad of paper and a pencil handy. List those ha'.ai'ds as you come across 1 them, ami then consult with hubby on a definite plan to eliminate them before some member of the family pays the juice of neglect. But writing down hazards is only the first step, cautions the council. That doesn't remove them. |