It sounds like an exaggeration, but it is true that a hat that is too ordinary, and a dress that almost every child has, can be the culprit of the child's life.
It happened in Australia, not long ago, on a lovely little girl.
Event review
The 6-year-old girl, Marley Oster, attended a public school in southern Adelaide.
Last Thursday, after lunch, Little Marley went to the playground as usual to play the slide.
Unexpectedly, it is this random play, but almost killed her!
Because little Marley was wearing such a hat on his head.
There was nothing unusual about the hat at first glance, but it was not clear if anyone had noticed the rope on the hat.
This is the little rope, but in the small Marley from the slide down the process, an inadvertently stuck in the slide groove, directly around the small Marley neck, leading to her completely unable to breathe!
Had it not been for Marley's eight-year-old friend, Madison, who was right next to her, and the little girl was very brave and decisively pulled the rope out of the crevice of the little Marley hat, Marley would have suffocated to death now!
Left: Madison right: Marley
Still, little Marley left a deep strangulation mark on his neck!
Little Marley's mother was scared at the thought of what had happened!
Because the doctor told her that if she was 45 seconds late, little Marley would be killed because of a blockage in the trachea!
If there was another child sliding down the slide and bumping into Little Marley, Little Marley's neck would have been broken directly!
If Madison hadn't been there (the bell was about to ring and all the other children had entered the classroom), little Marley would have been stuck in his neck and unable to cry for help.
Little Marley had never had nightmares before and had a very good temper, but since that happened, she has had nightmares every night and has been in a very unstable mood, her mother said.
A safety hazard on a hat
Little Marley's mother said the hat was the day before the incident when she had just bought it for her child from the school uniform store and had no idea that something had happened as soon as she put it on.
In fact, this is not the first time a child has been nearly killed because he was strangled by a rope on his hat.
Last Monday, East Adelaide Primary, an 8-year-old girl, Alexandra Johnson, was playing on a rope bridge in the school playground when her neck was entangled with a rope from her hat. A friend couldn't release the rope for a long time. Fortunately, a teacher was present at the time. But the little girl still has strangulation marks on her neck.
At the beginning of this month, a 5-year-old girl from Toowoomba was playing climbing. The rope of her hat wrapped around her neck. Fortunately, someone was present at the time, so it was not a tragedy.
L in September last year, a kindergarten kid in Western Australia was playing on a climbing rack when the rope on his hat got stuck on the shelf and almost hanged him!
These things may sound like a case in point, but children are naturally active, and like to climb, and the rope on their hats can strangle the child's neck by accident. Who can guarantee that this will not happen to his own child? Who can guarantee so good luck every time this happens?
As a result, after the incident, the authorities in South Australia have asked all the local public schools to:
Remove all the rope from the student's hat, including the rope from the hoodie;
Check all the amusement facilities on the school playground, especially the slide, to make sure there is no possibility of catching gaps in the rope, sharp corners, protrusions, etc.
Hoodies are also not safe.
In fact, in addition to hats, children almost all hands a hoodie is also a safety hazard.
Some time ago, such a post once circulated in the moments: < [remind] this dress killed dozens of children a year, your home may have! "
"many children are wearing hooded shirts, the rope on the clothes by the slide hook, may be strangled, strangled children! According to the actual measurement, the brim rope can lift 12 jin of dummy. Adults can't pull out when they're stuck! If the child is strangled by the trachea or carotid artery, the child will die in a few minutes. Europe and the United States have mandated that the jackets of young children can not have pull rope. Forward, spread! "
Data display:
From 1985 to 1999, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of 22 deaths and 48 non-fatal accidents resulting from children's jacket rope-pulling, escalators, doors, etc. An average of 5 similar incidents occur every year!
It was against this backdrop that in 2011, the United States imposed a ban on straps on a hoodie or neck for children between the ages of 2 and 12.
Straps at the waist and lower ends of the garment are prohibited with studs, knotts, or other attachments, and the length is limited to 7.5 centimeters, because the ropes in these areas are easily clamped by the door and caught by the armrest. This leads to children being towed by the car, resulting in death.
Since the introduction of the regulations, the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents caused by children's clothing rope has fallen 75 percent and 90 percent respectively each year in the United States.
Australian standards
So far, there have been no similar deaths in Australia, which has much to do with the earlier safety measures taken by Australian children's clothing manufacturers, but, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) still sets voluntary standards for children's clothing manufacturers:
7-year-old children's clothing neck should not carry any rope, functional or decorative string. And similar bow such decorative ornaments, the free end of the rope length should not exceed 7.5 cm, the diameter of the bow rope can not exceed 7.5 cm;
L 7 / 14-year-old children's clothing, including jackets and windscreen jackets, if there is a cord at the neck, the free end of the rope must not be fastened, knotted, etc.
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For the drawstring on the underside of the garment or the waist, the length of the rope exposed to the outside shall not exceed 75 cm when the garment is fully unfolded, and no fastening, knotting, or other attachments shall be allowed.
In addition, ACCC recommends that vendors:
The use of buttons, stickers, etc., in place of the pull rope at the neck;
Fasten the rope on the clothes in the middle to prevent the rope from pulling out of one end and hanging on certain items;
It is best not to tie or fasten at the end of the rope, so as to prevent these places from being caught by gaps, grooves, protrusions, etc.
However, these standards are not mandatory, that is, some children's clothing is likely not to meet these requirements. So Xiao Wei also hopes that this event will remind all parents and friends: when selecting clothes for children, try not to choose clothes with rope pulling, hats, if there is rope pulling, it is best to take them off. Or fix the clothes in a proper way.
These seemingly insignificant security risks, once an accident, it is likely to take the life of the child!