This is a hazard because children can put objects or their fingers into the sockets.
This hazard is dangerous because a child may get electrocuted if the socket is switched on and the child is putting things such as a metal object into the socket the child is at a high risk of getting electrocuted and this can be resulted in death.
- Spillages of chemicals:
This is a serious hazard to children as they could touch and swallow the chemicals which can lead to serious illness or death.
This hazard may cause harm because if a chemical like bleach has been spilt on the floor and a child touches it and then touches their skin it possibly may harm the skin and the fumes of the chemical may result the child in light-headedness and dizziness which may result in a serious injury. Also if the child tried swallowing the chemical it could seriously harm the child and result in death due to chemical poisoning.
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Loose wires lying around:
This is a hazard for adults and children as they may trip over the wires and hurt themselves and cause an injury.
This hazard can cause adults and children to trip over the wires which may result themselves bruised due to the hazard, however if somebody was to trip over the wires and fall onto a hard object such as; a hard table corner this may cause a serious injury.
- Placing toys and games in high places:
This could be a hazard to children because if a child attempts to get a toy from a high place they may end up injuring themselves in the process for e.g. if a child used a stool to reach to the toy the child may lose balance and fall of the stool which can cause an injury.
The hazard could cause the child to injure themselves from falling from a high place which could bruise or fracture a bone in the child’s body.
- Playground spread with litter and glass:
This is a hazard for children as a child may pick some litter off the playground which is unhygienic, and they may end up placing it into their mouth which may result in choking. Bits of glass lying around could cause a child to cut themselves.
This hazard could cause harm to a child as the child may mistake the litter as a chewing or a chocolate in a wrapper therefore it may be a likeliness that a child picks it up and swallows it and maybe choke on it which can lead to a serious illness. Broken bits of glass lying around can cause serious harm to a adult and child as they may trip over accidently and cut themselves.
- Hot Drinks:
This is a dangerous hazard because if a hot drink was to spill on a child it would cause scalding and burning.
This hazard may cause permanent scarring if they were accidently to have a hot drink spilt on them it could cause their skin to burn and scald which would leave scars.
- Smoking:
Smoking around children is a hazard because it could cause illness and it is harmful to their health.
This hazard could affect everyone because of inhaling second hand smoke this could lead to health problems and illnesses especially if the person suffers from asthma and was to inhale second hand smoke which may cause them to cough a lot and result into an asthma attack.
- Furnisher being stacked up inappropriately:
This is a hazard because if the furnisher was to fall on anybody it could cause some serious harm.
This hazard could cause someone to break a bone or possibly die depending on how heavy the furnisher is, furnisher not been stacked properly is hazardous to all because if the furnisher was to fall on somebody especially a child it would cause serious injuries.
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