According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), there are 40,000 finger trapping accidents a year in the UK among children under 15, and 1,500 of those are serious enough to need reconstructive surgery or even amputation.
Almost one in two accidents involve children between the ages of 2 and 4.
The best method to prevent trapped fingers are door hinge protectors.
They extremely simple to install and have a long life expectancy.
Most will cover the gap or minimise the gap, and act as door hinge guards which stop your child putting their hands in the void and getting trapped fingers.
There are various products which are easily removed and refitted so no glue or nails required and they are available in many different colours to suit the surrounding frame colour of the door.
Easy install from Finger Protection These devices from finger-protection.
co.
uk are a neat fit and unobtrusive.
The products are extremely simple to install and have a long life expectancy.
Using their rearguard product in conjunction with the Finger Keeper helps the risk of finger trapping accidents to be totally eliminated, thus making your doors 100% safe.
Another provider of these products is Fingerwizard.
Finger Wizard are easy to fit in the home or the office.
They state to have many benefits including: -Fully cloaking the door jamb -They a remade of PVC to prevent fingers getting into the door gap -They are easy to fit with a self sticking strong fixture -You don't need to drill doors and you don't need any specialist equipment.
These can be ordered directly online from the manufacturer.