A reminder to everyone - FatallyFlawed - Child Plug Socket Covers Campaign

[jeremy]

I've removed 7 from sockets in the cottage I'm staying in; all of them could be inserted upside down opening the shutters. I shall be leaving a note pointing the owners to the website. I stay in a different place every 2 weeks and will spread the word wherever I go! Keep up the good work!

 

[poolegaz]

It makes you wonder how things like that are allowed to be sold, will spread the word far and wide. Excellent work Tony.

 

[Jes]

I have always said that there is no need for these safety plugs, as sockets are designed to prevent tampering.This topic has opened my eyes to the adverse effects of dummy plugs thanks

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I know the head of childrens social services in Bradford. I will be enlightening them so they can pass the word to every social worker in that area will then reach social workers across west yorkshire. hopefully depending upon their skills of passing information down the chain every house or childrens home may soon be without these things.

unless she turns out to be another sharon shoesmith....then she wont be fit for owt....probably wont be very fit either....

 

[thekingiam]

thanks for this post had some as a present when my daughter was born,lucky they got lost somewhere in a drawer. think my mother might still have them will spread the word.

 

[Jurassic Sparks]

top marks
simple logic
I often wondered why parents used them, my daughters have them so I shall tell them off
they used to have little strap things hanging down on cars ( very old cars) designed to reduce static electricity and stop car sickness
they never worked but sold millions old cars just plain smell awful oil leather rust etc ( I still own one)
it was pointed out in a TV programme that to generate static the car would need to do at least 160 MPH at 2 thousand feet
my morris oxford cant manage 75mph downhil
but people still purhcased the silly things

 

[UNG]

Are lass is a qualified nursery nurse and even she didnt know they were crap, they still use them in the nusery were she works ( untill Monday) and ofsted have never said owt on there inspections. Eyes wide open on this one mate, cheers. Child safety is of the upmost importance!!!

The current OFSTED policy is if the nursery has them it's OK if they don't it's OK in the past OFSTED policy was you had to have them. It's a pity OFSTED are sat on the fence and they are supposed to be maintaining the standard of care

I agree that education is the best thing with kids however looking at some of the parents walking round in the places I've lived they also need to be supervised. Yesterday was a Polish bird in Tescos letting her toddler play with a carrier bag.

The trouble with parents these days they don't teach discipline to there kids which is why they run riot

we come across these quite a bit on PIRs n stuff....now obviously i cant just throw these away wherever i come across them as they arn`t my property to do so....but i will inform the person/s ordering the test that these are dangerous....i mean why the hell anyone want to introduce potentials into the home...thats what these things are doing by holding shutters open...etc...

What code should we give them if they are fitted?


I have never liked these things when my wife was pregnant with our first child over 20 years ago I upgraded the consumer unit to include an RCD and told her under no circumstances to buy these horrible socket covers if she felt they were needed I would buy proper plug tops.

I had mentioned this campaign to my brother and his wife who have a day nursery it's only recently they have removed the socket covers following a damaged socket being found by me, they always took the OFSTED stance that they had to be fitted



As you can see unusually it's the neutral pin that is broken ( found in the socket box with the broken bits) and I assume one of the staff has forced a plug into the socket and burst the back of the socket at the time I found it the socket cover was in place but was very loose because the shutter had been broken and could have very easily been removed by a child for access to the dangerous bits

 

[PC Electrics]

After spotting these things in use in their stores I emailed Next and M&S. Have had a reply from both that their "facilities departments" will look into the matter and thanking me for my input. Whenever you're in stores and you see these, bring it to their attention - I showed on emanager the FF site on my phone.

Someone mentioned about a leaflet. I've had a look on the website and don't think any that are there at the moment are suitable. We need something that can be printed on A4 ('cos that's the size of printer we all have) and that can then be folded into an A6 booklet or tri-folded (like a menu) so it's easy to carry and store and easy to give out. It also needs to be more pictorial, less "wordy" and less "preachy" than some of the stuff on the FF site.

 

[mickys86]

They have them at my tennis club in Bracknell. 'Esporta' when I asked to see someone about it he said he knew about the dangers and have taken it up with his Health and safety officer but at the moment they have to stay?
He said he's seen the website etc etc

 

[Phil]

check out post 6 on the link. an inspector marked her down on an inspection for removing them. i have pm`d her for the inspectors details as i wish to educate him in his decisions.

plug socket covers!!!?????

 

[AIM]

Great that Fatally Flawed is now getting more publicity. Ifound this site over a year ago, but selfishly didn’t think to post a link tothe forum. Whenever I find socket covers I get the Customer to watch, as Iinsert the cover upside down, opening the socket shutter. They soon realise theissue and remove them.
Everyone needs to post links on blogs/Facebook/Twitter etc.
I’ve posted a link on my blog. Fatally Flawed Socket Covers Should NOT be Used « Improving your world without costing the earth
Well done Tony for sharing.

 

[boberty]

Did some work at a childminders and told her about the dangers, that they pose. Also told her to checkout the web site. However she did tell me that ofsted said she has to have them fitted.

 

[Knobhead]

boberty, see the link in Phil's post #73

 

[boberty]

Will do Tony, I've done work for a few childminders who work from home so will defo be telling them. And then they to will tell the mums of the kids they look after. Fingers crossed

 

[samstar]

Amazing! Never would have realised the danger associated with these covers, good work...

 

[carapat]

thank you tony keep it up i am joing ing the campain

 

[AIM]

Just checked Mumsnet and OFSTED have posted the following:

Ofsted and Socket Covers (full thread) | Mumsnet Discussion

Typical cop-out response. Why won't these people commit to common sense!

 

[hillbillie]

I've just e-mailed a link to the website to a domestic customer I did some work for in March.

Thanks Tony

 

[Stuart Jones]

Never thought of them like that, now that's a bit of knowledge I'll never forget !!!!

 

[StuSpiers]

I've always had an underlying hate of these things but could never put my finger on why.

I will fly your flag for you.