Spiders, Bats, and Scary Stats

Halloween is just around the corner! Here are some tips for trick-or-treating with your children as well as some scary safety statistics that are sure to make you shiver with fear.

When They’re On the Prowl

• A responsible adult should accompany young children.
• If your older children are going alone, plan an acceptable route.
• Agree on a specific time children should return home.
• Teach your children never to enter a stranger’s home or car.
• Instruct children to stay in familiar, well-lit areas, and stick with
  friends.
• Tell your children not to eat any treats until they return home.
• Children and adults are reminded to put electrical devices down.
• Watch for children walking on roadways, medians, and curbs.
• Enter and exit driveways and alleys carefully.
• Discourage new, inexperienced drivers from driving on Halloween.

Scary Statistics

• An American is accidentally injured every second
  and killed every three minutes by a preventable
  incident (drug overdose, vehicle crash, fall,
  drowning, etc.).
  – Age 25 to 34, drug overdoses accounted for 51% of
  the deaths.
  – Age 35 to 44, drug overdoses jump to 53%.
• 57% of deaths from ages 15 to 24 result from motor
  vehicles (16 to 19 year olds are three times more
  likely to die from a motor vehicle crash than any
  others).
• Distracted driving accounts for nearly 25% of all
  motor vehicle fatalities.
• One out of four motor vehicle crashes in the US are
  the result of a cell phone.
• Nearly 5,000 workers were killed on the job in 2017
  with about 1/5th of them in construction.
• Falls accounted for 38% of the fatalities on
  construction projects.
• The top five OSHA violations were for falls, hazard
  communication, scaffolding, respiratory protection,
  and lockout/tagout.
• 53% of fatal electrical injuries resulted from work on
  construction sites.
• The total cost of all disabling workplace injuries is just
  under $60 billion annually.
• Every seven seconds a worker is injured on the job.