sstanczyk
January 3, 2017, 4:50am
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What does the title of the thread have to do with the article posted?
jkeilson
January 3, 2017, 6:53am
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Never keep a sink, tub or any other water device running while unattended during an inspection either.
Jim
frotte
January 3, 2017, 2:00pm
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And don’t run with scissors.
wwilson3
January 3, 2017, 2:22pm
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I Check for the anti tip every inspection only about 20 percent are ever installed , Some agents just roll their eyes . I explain the injuries that occur every year. Most people have no clue what they are, I also include a example picture showing the device in the report . I wonder many inspectors actually take the time to check or explain why.
rlewis5
January 3, 2017, 2:28pm
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I do !
sfetty
January 3, 2017, 3:04pm
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Found another one missing yesterday. Here is a graphic.
jjonas
January 3, 2017, 3:41pm
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wwilson3:
I Check for the anti tip every inspection only about 20 percent are ever installed , Some agents just roll their eyes . I explain the injuries that occur every year. Most people have no clue what they are, I also include a example picture showing the device in the report . I wonder many inspectors actually take the time to check or explain why.
Ditto, and I find less than 20% installed… more like 5%!
jlatzman
January 4, 2017, 12:14am
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I think this is a pretty good one.
frotte
January 4, 2017, 12:55am
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belliott
January 4, 2017, 3:39am
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wwilson3:
I Check for the anti tip every inspection only about 20 percent are ever installed , Some agents just roll their eyes . I explain the injuries that occur every year. Most people have no clue what they are, I also include a example picture showing the device in the report . I wonder many inspectors actually take the time to check or explain why.
Wayne I always check but if it is a heavy stainless steel model ask Client if they want it in the report.
cevans
January 4, 2017, 4:00am
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So the more capable it is of crushing someone, the less likely you are to report it?
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Family-sues-after-man-killed-by-stove-in-4671109.php
Alton C. Todd is representing the family of a 77-year-old man killed last year when he was pinned by a stove at a Galveston rental home.
According to the multiparty lawsuit, David Holden Gasser was preparing dinner at a rental home on San Luis Pass road when the stove tipped and pinned him on Jan. 4, 2012. He died of asphyxiation.
Defendants in the litigation are The Home Depot USA Inc., Hudak & Dawson Construction Company Inc., WilliamT. Etheredge III of Etheredge Property
Anderson, Etheredge and AB Sea Sales are accused of “renting the unit in question to decedent when it was not in a tenantable condition and was unreasonably dangerous.” The lawsuit alleges that the businesses were negligent for failing to comply with applicable safety codes in designing and/or constructing the kitchen and for failing to use ordinary care when installing the stove and/or making repairs.
The case will be heard before Galveston County 122nd District Court Judge John Ellisor
Notice that the individual killed was not the homeowner and that there were multiple defendants in the case. I certainly would not want to be a named defendant in a wrongful death case, because I performed a negligent inspection or let the client tell me to leave something out of a report.
What other life-safety hazards do you optionally report, based on your mood or that of your client?
frotte
January 4, 2017, 2:39pm
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Oh, that makes a lot of sense. What else do you leave out of your reports?
sfetty
January 4, 2017, 9:52pm
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That’s what being through is all about.
