Table 4 Additional items deemed as hazards by participants
Name | Hazard | Quote |
|---|---|---|
Lucy | Mats | Mats I think are ambiguous, because unless they are completely fixed to the floor, you know, they’re trip hazards. |
Daniel | Layout of furniture | The edge of the desk is just beyond the door. So you walk in and hit… for furniture you want rounded corners. |
Thomas | Layout of furniture | That furniture is partly obstructing the door way… someone who has designed the game hasn’t thought about that. |
Matthew | Doors | The [bathroom] door opens that way, does it? So it opens… it could hit you in the back or something. |
Matthew | Swivel office chair | Oh, that’s a funny object: that chair. They swivel and if you hold on to it and it swivels… if you’re not too steady on your pins, it could potentially throw you off balance. |
Joshua | Positioning of ‘safe’ bath rail | I would’ve suggested it [the bath rail] should be lower. You’re never going to reach that in a sitting position. |
Thomas | Positioning of ‘safe’ bath rail | Oh, very high that rail, isn’t it! |
Joshua | Positioning of ‘safe’ toilet roll | I don’t think the toilet is necessarily a fall hazard, but certainly where the toilet roll is… reaching. |
Lucy | Table in Lounge | This table looks uneven to me, because it seems to be balanced on something… is that a trip hazard? It could lead to a fall. |
Thomas | Cooking oil by stove | This object [oil] is in a safe place? But it’s right next to the cooker! |
Daniel | Cooking oil by stove | Would you put it [oil] there… I don’t think so. You get flames coming out of the saucepan, and heat. |
Thomas | Lack of pull cord in bathroom | Yeah, but I’ll tell you also, inside a bathroom, you shouldn’t have a finger switch. |
Charlotte | Lack of pull cord in bathroom | But you’re not allowed to have a light inside the bathroom, I know that because we build our own ourselves. |
Deborah | Wooden Stairs | Your stairs did look as though they were just wood and that could be, you know, you might slip on stairs - it might be better if they have a carpet. |
Karen | Balusters on stairs too far apart | Somebody could fall through the stairs - there’s quite a few - the gaps in the stairs are quite wide, really, aren’t they? |