Halloween Safety Tips

With Trick-or-Treating, office and classroom parties, and carving pumpkins, it’s safe to say Halloween is a fun time of year for both adults and kids! Extract wants you to stay safe during all your Halloween activities. We have rounded up a few safety tips:

While out Trick-or-Treating:

• Make sure an adult is accompanying any young children while doing the neighborhood rounds

• If you have older children taking part in the fun, plan a route and a time when they should be returning home

• Explain the importance on why children should not enter a home of a stranger

• Tell your children to not eat any candy/treats until they return home

• 1 in 13 children have a food allergy.  It is important to closely examine candy to avoid any possible life-threating allergic reaction

  • Many popular Halloween candies contain some of the most common allergens, such as peanuts or tree nuts, milk, egg, soy or wheat.

 Attention Motorists:

Here’s a scary statistic: Children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year. In 2017, October ranked No. 2 in motor vehicle deaths by month, with 3,700. July is No. 1, with 3,830 deaths.

• Keep a close eye out for pedestrians walking on or around roadways, medians, and curbs

• Enter and exit your driveway with extreme caution

• During dusk, pay extra attention and be on the lookout for pedestrians in dark clothing

Costume Safety:

• Ensure all costume and accessories are fire-resistant

• Avoid any masks that obstruct a child vision

• If out at dusk or later, purchase reflective tape and adhere a small piece to their costume and/or bag. Glow sticks are also a fun option to add visibility to your child

Wishing you all a fun and safe Halloween!