bill1952
SAWHORSE
You're pointing out why "stairs, ramps, landings, floor" are number 1 for injuries and fatalities among all products in the CPSC NEISS research. That's no. 1 in all age groups except 5-9 (playground equipment no. 1 and stairs... no 3) and 10-14, where stairs... follows football and basketball.
Codes have relatively nailed fire, and until jurisdictions stop amending sprinklers out for greedy builders, about all we can do. But codes have a ways to go before we can make much inroad on the hazards of stairs, ramps, landings, floors and the carnage those things leave.
Codes have relatively nailed fire, and until jurisdictions stop amending sprinklers out for greedy builders, about all we can do. But codes have a ways to go before we can make much inroad on the hazards of stairs, ramps, landings, floors and the carnage those things leave.