Help protect your children!
In North America, an average of seven children per day (mostly boys under age three) are treated in emergency rooms for injuries due to contact with electrical outlets. Typically, these injuries occur at home and are caused by inserting common objects such as hairpins, keys and paperclips. Most victims experience 1st-degree or 2nd-degree burns-but more serious injuries also occur.
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News Release: Electrical code requires tamper-resistant outlets
TORONTO -- New parents who babyproof their home normally place plastic covers over the electrical outlets, but revisions to the Canadian Electrical Code announced Thursday mean that some day that will no longer be necessary. more...
Tamper-resistant receptacles provide real safety.
Fortunately, protecting kids from these injuries is simple.
Tamper-resistant receptacles (also known as child-safety outlets)
look like standard receptacles-but they include automatic shutters,
which admit plugs but block other objects. These receptacles have
demonstrated their effectiveness in hospital pediatric care areas,
where they've been required for years.
Tamper-resistant receptacles are safer than plastic outlet caps
(which young kids can easily remove) or sliding-shutter wall plates
(which may cause potentially dangerous heat build-up). These
receptacles have demonstrated their effectiveness in hospital
pediatric care areas, where they've been required for years.
All major receptacle manufacturers offer tamper-resistant
receptacles at a cost only slightly higher than comparable standard
receptacles.
» Learn more about the different types of tamper-resistant receptacles.
» See links to manufacturers' websites.
Required by the 2009 Canadian Electrical Code© (CEC).
Because child-safety outlets provide an important advance in reducing traumatic injuries to children, the 2009 Canadian Electrical Code© (CEC) requires all new-construction residential receptacles be tamper resistant. Implementation will vary across the country. View anticipated Canadian adoption dates.