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HOMEOWNER
TIPS: GARAGE
Speaker
of
the House Inspection Services offers the following tips about garage safety.
Garage
- Take extra precautions
in storing and using flammable liquids, such as gasoline, paint thinners,
etc. They produce invisible explosive vapors that can ignite by a
small spark at considerable distances from the flammable substance.
Store outside the house.
- Basement, garages,
and storage areas can contain many tripping hazards and sharp or pointed
tools that can make a fall even more hazardous.
- Keep an operating
flashlight handy.
- Have an electrician
install switches at each entrance to a dark area.
- Death may occur
when people swallow such everyday substances as charcoal lighter,
paint thinner and remover, antifreeze and turpentine. These poisons
should have child-resistant caps, be stored in the original containers
with the original labels, and be kept locked up out of sight and reach
of children.
(NOTE:
All information comes courtesy of the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207)
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