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Carlsbad Safety Products - Manufacturer of Door Finger Protection Bumper Blocks & Shield Guards
Carlsbad Safety Products - Manufacturer of Door Finger Protection Bumper Blocks & Shield Guards
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Pinch-Not Blog

Our Christmas Surprise

Door safety Finger door guard Finger shield

We hope to get our door-safety message out to parents of toddlers so that they can avoid the unpleasant surprise that we experienced on Christmas Day in 2003.

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What's So Special About CSP Adhesive?

Door safety Dual adhesive Finger door guard Finger shield

The Pinch-Not adhesive is no ordinary adhesive.  By fabricating a dual-adhesive, we give you the best of both worlds.

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Door Sizes and Shield Sizes

Door Sizes and Shield Sizes

Hello Blog Audience, Greetings from Carlsbad Safety Products!  To all of our customers: We greatly value your business and we thank you for believing in our mission of protecting little fingers.  We appreciate your support! Today I want to talk about door sizes and the right approach for selecting shield sizes to match those door sizes. Shield Width What is the best shield width for a particular door? First, let’s look at one common, wrong approach.  Many of our competitors purport to offer a “one-size-fits-all” finger guard.  The reality is generally that one size fits none.   The reason: (1) A...

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Door Finger Injuries and Their Prevention

Three reported stories underscore the potentially tragic finger accidents that can occur in connection with doors. In Palo Alto, California, an 11-year-old lost a fingertip in a restroom-door accident.  Despite a normal level of supervision by staff, a toddler of 20 months lost a portion of his finger while at a child-care center.  And, a boy celebrating his 4th birthday had his finger partially amputated by a restroom door at a McDonald’s restaurant.    Accident statistics reveal that these stories represent the proverbial “tip of the iceberg”   300,000 door-finger injuries per year treated at emergency clinics 25,000 of these...

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