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These leftover tips can support you avoid becoming just unconventional statistic. Accidents are the leading cause of death in the midst of U.S. men 18 to 50 years old, accounting for 37,000 of the nearly 148,000 annual fatalities. Some instances of unintended death, to use the endorsed term, are unavoidablewrong place, wrong timebut most aren't. Staying stimulate requires recognizing danger, feeling fear, and reacting. "We justify outside cues through our brute distress centers utterly quickly," says Harvard University's David Ropeik, author of How dangerous Is It, Really? trouble 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 with a wild animal, the natural answer is to bolt, but that can start the animal's predatory instinct. upon July 6, 2011, Brian Matayoshi, 57, and his wife, Marylyn, 58, were hiking in Yellowstone National Park with they came upon 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 with hiking; it can stop a charging bear from as much as 30 feet away. To shorten the risk of an attack, offer bears a unintended to acquire out of your way. "Try to stay in the open," says Larry Aumiller, supervisor of Alaska's McNeil River divulge Game Sanctuary. "If you have to impinge on through thick brush, make noise by commendation and shouting." 2. Don't Mess with Vending Machines.
You skipped lunch. You dependence a snack. You total money into a vending machine, press the buttons, and nothing comes out. You acquire mad.
STAT: Vending machines caused 37 deaths along with 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 upon the Dock.
On May 20, 2013, Kyle McGonigle was upon a haven upon Kentucky's unfriendly River Lake. A dog swimming reachable yelped, and McGonigle, 36, axiom that it was struggling to stay above water. He dove in to keep the dog, but both he and the animal drowned, victims of electric-shock drowning (ESD). Cords plugged into an outlet upon 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 midst 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 get check whether docks follow safety standards.
