Tips for Keeping Your Home Office Safe

Home Office Safety Tips

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Move over, carpal tunnel. Computer-related cuts, bruises and even head injuries that resulted in trips to the ER increased by a whopping 732 percent from 1994 to 2006, according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Study author Lara McKenzie, PhD, offers some home-office safety tips:

Place your computer equipment away from the edges of desks and out of reach of young children to keep it from falling.
Position the computer on a stable work surface.
Anchor furniture and heavy computer components to the wall or floor.
Install safety covers on unused electrical outlets.
Organize and secure wires to avoid tripping on them.

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Place your machine supplies

by KristinaStern on August 29, 2013

Place your machine supplies far from the edges of bureaus and out of span of adolescent kids to keep it from falling. Michelle Wetzel do Espirito Santo

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Taking the time to make your

by bcklnks6 on April 28, 2013

Taking the time to make your home safe for your kids is important, but who’s keeping your office safe for you? All it takes is one fall to break a leg and you’re out of commission for weeks Customised carpets

Rachel, I've always known to

by tinagleisner on October 22, 2011

Rachel, I've always known to secure tall, heavy bookcases which are a hazard given how many books we stuff into them ... and especially with small kids climbing up the bookcases (sometimes I wondered if my oldest son was a monkey because we gave him that nickname). I never thought about securing heavy computer components to the wall (same should be true for electronic entertainment equipment). Thanks for the tips

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