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These leftover tips can incite you avoid becoming just substitute statistic. Accidents are the leading cause of death in the middle of U.S. men 18 to 50 years old, accounting for 37,000 of the with reference to 148,000 annual fatalities. Some instances of unintended death, to use the attributed term, are unavoidablewrong place, wrong timebut most aren't. Staying live requires recognizing danger, feeling fear, and reacting. "We justify outdoor cues through our monster radio alarm centers agreed quickly," says Harvard University's David Ropeik, author of How dangerous Is It, Really? cause problems 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 come face-to-face considering a wild animal, the natural appreciation is to bolt, but that can motivate the animal's predatory instinct. on July 6, 2011, Brian Matayoshi, 57, and his wife, Marylyn, 58, were hiking in Yellowstone National Park considering they came on a grizzly bear and fled, screaming. Brian was bitten and clawed to death; Marylyn, who had stopped and crouched astern 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 considering hiking; it can stop a charging bear from as much as 30 feet away. To condense the risk of an attack, meet the expense of bears a unintended to get out of your way. "Try to stay in the open," says Larry Aumiller, governor of Alaska's McNeil River own up Game Sanctuary. "If you have to upset through thick brush, create noise by commendation and shouting." 2. Don't Mess considering Vending Machines.
You skipped lunch. You obsession a snack. You tally up grant into a vending machine, press the buttons, and nothing comes out. You get mad.
STAT: Vending machines caused 37 deaths amongst 1978 and 1995, crushing customers who rocked and toppled the dispensers. No recent stats exist, but the machines are yet a danger.
DON'T: Skip lunch.
3. Stay on the Dock.
On May 20, 2013, Kyle McGonigle was on a dock on Kentucky's unfriendly River Lake. A dog swimming affable yelped, and McGonigle, 36, maxim 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 dock had slipped into the water and electrified it.
STAT: The number of annual deaths from ESD in the U.S. are unknown, in the past they are counted in the middle of every drownings. But anecdotal evidence shows that ESD is widespread. ESD prevention groups have successfully urged some states to enact 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 attain check whether docks follow safety standards.
