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These survival tips can encourage you avoid becoming just other statistic. Accidents are the leading cause of death in the course of U.S. men 18 to 50 years old, accounting for 37,000 of the in this area 148,000 annual fatalities. Some instances of unintended death, to use the official term, are unavoidablewrong place, wrong timebut most aren't. Staying rouse requires recognizing danger, feeling fear, and reacting. "We justify external cues through our mammal fright centers certainly quickly," says Harvard University's David Ropeik, author of How risky Is It, Really? bother is, even smart, sober, experienced men can fail to register signals of an imminent threat. Here we present 20 easy-to-miss risks, and how to avoid or survive them.
1. Outsmart Wildlife.
If you arrive face-to-face subsequently a wild animal, the natural salutation is to bolt, but that can get going the animal's predatory instinct. on July 6, 2011, Brian Matayoshi, 57, and his wife, Marylyn, 58, were hiking in Yellowstone National Park subsequently they came on a grizzly bear and fled, screaming. Brian was bitten and clawed to death; Marylyn, who had stopped and crouched at the rear a tree, was approached by the bear but left unharmed.
STAT: Each year three to five people are killed in North America in wild animal attacks, primarily by sharks and bears.
DO: Avoid shark-infested waters, unless you are Andy Casagrande. As for bears, always carry repellent pepper spray can subsequently hiking; it can stop a charging bear from as much as 30 feet away. To cut the risk of an attack, come up with the money for bears a unintended to get out of your way. "Try to stay in the open," says Larry Aumiller, overseer of Alaska's McNeil River allow in Game Sanctuary. "If you have to pretend to have through thick brush, make noise by cheering and shouting." 2. Don't Mess subsequently Vending Machines.
You skipped lunch. You infatuation a snack. You affix grant into a vending machine, press the buttons, and nothing comes out. You get mad.
STAT: Vending machines caused 37 deaths between 1978 and 1995, crushing customers who rocked and toppled the dispensers. No recent stats exist, but the machines are nevertheless a danger.
DON'T: Skip lunch.
3. Stay on the Dock.
On May 20, 2013, Kyle McGonigle was on a haven on Kentucky's argumentative River Lake. A dog swimming clear yelped, and McGonigle, 36, saw that it was struggling to stay above water. He dove in to save the dog, but both he and the animal drowned, victims of electric-shock drowning (ESD). Cords plugged into an outlet on the haven had slipped into the water and electrified it.
STAT: The number of annual deaths from ESD in the U.S. are unknown, previously they are counted in the course of all drownings. But anecdotal evidence shows that ESD is widespread. ESD prevention groups have successfully urged some states to execute safety standards, including the installation of ground-fault circuit interrupters and a central shutoff for a dock's electrical system.
DON'T: Swim within 100 yards of any wired dock. But do check whether docks follow safety standards.
