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The biggest risks in most homes

The top-severity hazards across our rooms, each with the first thing to do about it.

• Check this firstHot Cars & HeatstrokeIf you see a child alone in a locked car, call 911 right away; NHTSA says a child in distress from the heat should be removed from the car as quickly as possible and cooled fast.Car, Driveway & On-the-Go
• Check this firstCarbon Monoxide: Cars, Generators & the Attached GarageNever run any engine in the garage — not briefly, not with the door open.Garage & Workshop
• Check this firstFurniture & TV Tip-OversAnchor every dresser, bookcase, and TV with an anti-tip kit (ASTM F3096 device).Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
• Check this firstTV, Bookcase & Media-Console Tip-OversCPSC's advice: anchor TVs and furniture such as bookcases and dressers securely to the wall.Living & Family Room
• Check this firstPool & Spa Barriers, Gates & AlarmsNo single product makes a pool safe, so CPSC asks for layers: a full barrier, a self-latching gate, alarms, and an adult whose only job is watching the water.Yard, Pool & Outdoors
• Check this firstDetergent Pods & Cleaning ProductsKeep detergent containers closed, sealed and stored up high, out of sight and reach — that is America's Poison Centers' own advice, and a child-lock on the under-sink cabinet backs it up.Kitchen

The most common ways kids get hurt at home

Every hazard we cover, grouped by how a child gets hurt, so you can work through one kind at a time across every room.

• Choking, strangulation & suffocation

  8 hazards across 3 rooms

  • Unsafe Sleep Surfaces & Soft Bedding · Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
  • Button Batteries in Remotes, Key Fobs & Scales · Living & Family Room
  • Window Blind Cord Strangulation · Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
  • Magnet Sets & Small Strong Magnets · Living & Family Room
  • Button Batteries in Nursery Devices · Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
  • Button Batteries & Magnets at Toddler Height · Kitchen

  +2 more in the rooms below

• Drowning & water

  5 hazards across 2 rooms

  • Pool & Spa Barriers, Gates & Alarms · Yard, Pool & Outdoors
  • Bath & Bucket Drowning · Bathroom
  • Hot Tap Water Scalds · Bathroom
  • Toilets & Standing Water · Bathroom
  • Pool & Spa Drain Covers · Yard, Pool & Outdoors

• Falls & tip-overs

  10 hazards across 6 rooms

  • Furniture & TV Tip-Overs · Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
  • TV, Bookcase & Media-Console Tip-Overs · Living & Family Room
  • Freestanding Range Tip-Over · Kitchen
  • Window Falls · Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
  • Backyard Trampolines · Yard, Pool & Outdoors
  • Play-Structure Falls & Surfacing · Yard, Pool & Outdoors

  +4 more in the rooms below

• Chemicals & poisoning

  13 hazards across 6 rooms

  • Detergent Pods & Cleaning Products · Kitchen
  • Laundry Pods & Detergent in the Laundry Room · Laundry & Utility
  • Antifreeze & Automotive Fluids · Garage & Workshop
  • Medicines, Vitamins & Supplements · Safe Storage & Emergency Prep
  • Bleach & Mixing Cleaners · Laundry & Utility
  • Pesticides & Rodent Bait · Garage & Workshop

  +7 more in the rooms below

• Air quality

  16 hazards across 8 rooms

  • Carbon Monoxide: Cars, Generators & the Attached Garage · Garage & Workshop
  • Gasoline & Fuel Storage · Garage & Workshop
  • Carbon Monoxide Alarms (Whole Home) · Safe Storage & Emergency Prep
  • Gas Water Heater & Furnace: Carbon Monoxide · Laundry & Utility
  • Bleach & Mixing Cleaners · Laundry & Utility
  • Solvents, Strippers & Open Paint · Garage & Workshop

  +10 more in the rooms below

• Burns & fire

  13 hazards across 6 rooms

  • Smoke Alarms · Safe Storage & Emergency Prep
  • Gasoline & Fuel Storage · Garage & Workshop
  • Freestanding Range Tip-Over · Kitchen
  • Hot Tap Water Scalds · Bathroom
  • Scalds & Hot Liquids · Kitchen
  • Space Heaters · Living & Family Room

  +7 more in the rooms below

• Entrapment & sharps

  7 hazards across 6 rooms

  • Climbing Into Front-Loaders & Dryers · Laundry & Utility
  • Secondhand & Legacy Cribs · Nursery & Kids' Bedrooms
  • Garage Door Entrapment · Garage & Workshop
  • Knives, Lighters & Matches · Kitchen
  • Razors, Hair Dryers & Hot Styling Tools · Bathroom
  • Power Tools & Sharp Equipment · Garage & Workshop

  +1 more in the rooms below

We have not ranked these groups. Source: CDC, “Unintentional injury deaths in children and youth, 2010–2019” (West et al., Journal of Safety Research, 2021) — suffocation was the leading cause of unintentional injury death for infants under 1, and drowning for ages 1–4, so those two groups come first. doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2021.07.001