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 INTEGRATED FINGER PROTECTION FOR DOORS The Em-B Safehinge ALU range eliminates any opportunity for finger trapping to occur through use of a specialist pivot set and curved aluminium profile, which removes the gap at the hinge side of the door throughout the opening and closing cycle. This clever design means there is no opportunity for wandering fingers to be trapped, which is without doubt the best way to protect against accidents: total prevention. COST SAVING When a traditional hinge guard’s break (at an estimated frequency of 6 - 24 months), they need to be replaced and this incurs a cost. Over the 25-year life of a building this cost can be substantial; the more doors the greater the cost. The Em-B Safehinge range is a durable solution to this issue and over the life of a building will save significant life costs. Manchester City Council invested an extra £3,000 to use SafeHinge on doors in one primary school and estimated their whole life cost saving at approximately £17,000 over the 25 year life of the building. BACKGROUND  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) estimates that 30,000
children trap and seriously injure their fingers in doors every year and more than 1,500 of these will require surgery. These injuries cost the NHS over £200 million.The main danger with conventional doors comes from the gap which is created at the hinge side when the door is opening and closing. This gap is an easy place for unknowing fingers to wander and it presents a particular danger to children, people with sensory impairments or additional support needs and elderly people. The sharp corners of the door and the frame act as cutting edges. This combined with the door, which acts as a lever, can create enough pressure at the hinge to cut steel. The cost of litigation for these injuries can be substantial. The responsibility for reducing these injuries falls to those who have vulnerable users in their buildings. Em-B Safehinge offers an elegant solution to this problem by eliminating the dangerous gap created by conventional hinges. For further information please call 0113 245 9559 or request a brochure through our literature page. |
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