The holidays are about happiness and spending time with the family and friends. It is the moment to be merry and enjoy the various occurrences that happen. While recreation and pageantry are the main motive of these special occasions, many people get injured. While Christmas accidents vary in their adroitness, however, one kind occurs more than the others. Before we explore further, let’s discuss some of the most common holiday accidents you should avoid to ensure a safer festive season.
Reportedly, the most common yuletide experience is slips and falls related to decorating at Christmas time. To accomplish this, they usually experience a fall from ladders or roofs while they are in the process of decorating their exteriors with extra lights. Interior accidents happen almost periodically, most of which are involving falls from chairs, tables, and stools while vacationing at home or putting up interior decorations.
The most common decorating injuries are sprains, fractures, bruises, cuts, laceration, and concussions. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, approximately 240,000 people per year need to be hospitalized to treat injuries that arise in the US during holiday decorating activities. Many of them typically happen due to a ladder fall during outside decorations.
There are a few reasons why decorating mishaps occur so often:
Rushed Decorating: People usually try to put up decorations to give themselves the sense of anticipation and let them feel the positive emotions ahead of time. Do not select the rush mode for decorating otherwise there will be the chances of accidents and injuries.
Ladder Dangers: Due to the mechanism of the falls of the ladder occupy a large percent of the decorating injuries. The risk of falling becomes even more possible when employed on ice, snow or wet surface in the winter weather.
Over-Reaching: Ladder and other falls occur because when we try to be a bit more precise by not overreaching when carefully placing decorations.
The holiday season for most people is the one time of the year they look forward to, but at the same time, the community have to take extra precaution not to let the joyful activities override safety. Where decorating at this Christmas is concerned, let’s be mindful, each covering of all safety steps, and safety first. That way, we won't be part of this regrettable accident that's fortunate for others. Listening to festive music or having some hot chocolate are wonderful non material ways to propagate joy of season without any need to wait for it to be the right time to decorate.