Heilbrigðisskýrslur - 04.12.1987, Qupperneq 91

It is necessary to equip cupboards in older houses with special locks or
similar.
It must be pointed out that children under the age of five years are
2 152 of the 6 890 cases of accidents, i.e. 31%. The prevention of their
accidents is entirely in the hands of their parents or other guardians.
The number of deaths in home accidents is also high. Xn 21 cases
accitíents were the primary or secondary cause. Older people die after
falls on level ground or often falling out of their beds. Other deaths
were caused by carbonmonoxide poisoning. It must be stressed that
upholstered furnishings and bed clothes burn slowly and produce poisonous
gas - CO, though the fire itself may be small. Some fibres produce
hydrocyanic acid, when burning and have caused deaths in some years.
Research projects on flammability of upholstery materials and the cases
produced are in process in Nordic countries. The agents causing each type
of accident were coded in accordance with the list of agents and can be
furnished on written application to the office of the Director General of
Health.
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