Wally and Gus have several tips to help you make your home a safe place for your children to explore. Over 100 children have drowned in the last five years by falling into buckets. Buckets and containers, especially the five-gallon type, can be very dangerous to small children. Kids love to play in water and children reaching or leaning into a bucket may lose their balance and topple in. It is then nearly impossible to free themselves.
Small children can drown in as little as one inch of water.
If you must take a break, put container out of your child's reach. Always empty containers immediately after finishing tasks. Seal containers used for storing liquids such as paint and place out of reach. Poisons In Ohio thousands of children suffer each year from accidental poisoning. Store all medications, cleaning products, insecticides, laundry products, paints and solvents out of children's reach in locked areas or in storage cabinets with safety latches.