Home Fall Hazard Check
Find the trip and slip hazards in a home before someone finds them the hard way. Each Fix ticked becomes a line at the foot with a name and a date, so it actually gets done.
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Safety checks · SC-21
Childproofing Room-by-Room Check
A free printable childproofing checklist: every child-safety device set against every room as fitted, not needed or to do, with a dated recheck log.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
See at a glance which rooms still need a gate, latch, anchor or cover fitted. The recheck page catches the device that has worked loose or been left undone.
Who it is for
Parents, grandparents, childminders and anyone getting a home ready for a baby or toddler.
How to use it
- Walk each room with the sheet and write F, N or T in every box on page one.
- Rename any room column that does not match your home, and add a device on the blank row.
- Fit the devices marked T, following each maker's instructions, then change them to F.
- Recheck everything fitted at your own interval and whenever your child reaches a new stage, and log what you found on page two.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Every child-safety device set against every room. Write F for fitted, N for not needed or T for to do in each box, and rename any room that does not match your home.
Write-on lines: Home · Child or children, and ages · Checked by · Date
Also printed: Device · Kitchen · Bathroom · Living · Bed 1 · Bed 2 · Stairs · Hall · Garden · GATES AND DOORS · Safety gate · Door stop or finger guard · Door knob cover or high lock · CUPBOARDS AND FURNITURE · Cupboard or drawer latch · Locked store for medicines · Locked store for chemicals · Furniture or TV strapped to wall · Cooker anti-tip bracket · Hob guard or knob covers · Corner or edge guard · WINDOWS AND BLINDS · Window restrictor or guard · Cordless blind, or cord cleated · Nothing to climb under windows · ELECTRICS, HEAT AND WATER · Socket covers or shuttered sockets · Cables and chargers out of reach · Fireguard round a fire or heater · Hot water anti-scald device · Toilet lid lock · Non-slip mat in the bath · Pond, pool or water butt covered · ALARMS AND ANYTHING ELSE · Smoke alarm · Carbon monoxide alarm
Page 2
Recheck what is already fitted. Devices work loose, get left undone and get outgrown. Recheck everything marked F at an interval that suits your home, and again whenever your child starts crawling, standing, climbing or opening things. Fit, adjust and replace each device as its maker's instructions say.
Each recheck — tick what you looked at
- Gates close and latch every time
- Pressure-fitted gates still tight at the wall
- Wall straps and anchors tight, nothing pulled away
- Latches still catch, none worked out by the child
- Window restrictors and socket covers still in place
- Blind cords still out of reach after cleaning
- Nothing new to climb on near windows or the cooker
- Smoke and CO alarms tested with the test button
Recheck log — one line for each device found loose, open, removed or outgrown
Table, 14 rows: Date · Room · Device · Found · Put right · Done on · By
Questions
Why mark a device N rather than leave the box blank?
A blank box could mean not needed or not looked at yet. Writing N shows the room was checked and the device does not apply there, so the only gaps left on the sheet are the jobs still to do.
Does the sheet say which devices a child needs at what age?
No. Children reach each stage at different times, and the makers of gates, latches and guards set their own instructions and age limits. The sheet records what is fitted; the instructions and your own judgement decide what is needed.
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