Me nā lā hoʻomaha e kokoke mai ana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ʻano o kahi koi kuleana huahana a e noho maʻa mau e pili ana i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi. Kū mai kahi koi kuleana huahana ke hōʻeha kahi huahana hemahema a weliweli paha, e ʻae ana i nā mea kūʻai aku e alualu i ka uku mai nā mea hana, nā mea hoʻolaha, a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea kūʻai aku kuleana no ke kau ʻana i nā mea palekana ʻole ma ka mākeke.

Wahi a ke Komisina Palekana Huahana Mea kūʻai aku o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (CPSC) hōʻano hou, ua manaʻo ʻia he 154,700 mau keiki i piha i ka makahiki 12 a ma lalo i mālama ʻia i loko o nā lumi pilikia no nā ʻeha e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani i ka makahiki 2023, a he mea kaumaha, ua nalowale ke ola o 10 mau keiki ma muli o nā hanana e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani. I ka piʻi ʻana o ka hāʻawi makana i ka wā hoʻomaha, pono nā mākua a me nā mea mālama e makaʻala e pili ana i nā pilikia e hiki mai ana i kekahi mau mea pāʻani a hana i nā hana proactive e mālama pono ai i nā keiki.

Nā Kumu Nui o ka Make ʻana e Pili Ana i nā Mea Pāʻani

Ua hōʻike ka hōʻike a ka CPSC ua pili ka hapa nui o nā make e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani i nā pōʻino kikoʻī e hiki mai ana:

  • Ke ʻū ʻana i nā pōpō liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ​​​​penikala
  • Ua pili nā make wai i nā mea pāʻani lana
  • Ka pahele ʻana i loko o ka pahu mea pāʻani
  • Ka ʻai ʻana i nā momi wai

Ka Wehewehena o ke Koi Kuleana Huahana 

Wahi a RCW 7.72.010, he koi kuleana huahana "e komo pū ana me kekahi hoʻopiʻi a hana paha i lawe ʻia no ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e ka hana ʻana, ka hana ʻana, ka hana ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana, ka hana ʻana, ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ke ʻano hana, ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, ke kau ʻana, ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, nā ʻōlelo aʻo, nā kuhikuhi, ke kūʻai aku ʻana, ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole ka lepili ʻana o ka huahana pili."

Ola Palekana Pono

E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e RCW 7.72.060, ʻo ke kānāwai maʻamau, aia nā mea kūʻai aku huahana i ke kuleana i ka wā o ke ola palekana o kahi huahana. Hoʻomaka ke ola palekana "i ka manawa o ka lawe ʻana mai o ka huahana a hoʻolōʻihi ʻia no ka manawa e hana maʻamau ai ka huahana a mālama ʻia paha ma ke ʻano palekana." Inā hiki i ka mea kūʻai aku huahana ke hōʻoia i ka hōʻino ʻia ʻana o ka mea hoʻopiʻi ma hope o ke ola palekana, ʻaʻole lākou e kuleana.

Kanawai o ka palena

ʻO ka mea hope loa, aia kahi Kānāwai o nā Palena e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe ʻia kahi koi inā ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala mai ka wā i ʻike ai ka mea hoʻopiʻi i ka pōʻino a i ʻole i ko lākou wā hoʻokolokolo pono.

Ua ʻeha kaʻu keiki i kahi mea pāʻani. He aha kaʻu e hana ai i kēia manawa?

He hana paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻoihana a me nā mea hana no nā ʻeha i hana ʻia e kā lākou huahana hemahema. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he koi kuleana huahana kāu, e hahai i kēia mau hana maikaʻi loa e mālama i nā hōʻike e kōkua i kāu hui loio e kākoʻo i kāu hihia:

  1. E kiʻi i nā kiʻi o ka huahana a i ʻole ke kahua kahi i loaʻa ai ka ʻeha;
  2. E kiʻi i kahi wikiō kūpono o ka huahana a i ʻole kahi i loaʻa ai ka ʻeha (inā hiki);
  3. E mālama pono i ka huahana a hoʻopaʻa i kahi palekana;
  4. E noi i ka ʻikepili no kāu mau moʻolelo inā loaʻa i kahi mea kahi EDR (mea hoʻopaʻa ʻikepili uila) a i ʻole kahi ʻōnaehana like
  5. E kamaʻilio me nā mea hōʻike i ʻike i ka hōʻeha ʻana -- a loaʻa nā ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia;
  6. E mālama i nā palapala hoʻokipa, nā puke kuhikuhi, a me nā ʻōpala i nā manawa hiki; a
  7. E kāhea aku i kahi loio kuleana huahana i ka hikiwawe loa e kūkākūkā i kāu koi.

Nā Manaʻo Palekana no nā Mākua a me nā Kahu Mālama

I mea e kōkua ai i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pilikia o nā ʻeha a me nā make e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani, ʻoiai i ka wā hoʻomaha i ka wā e hoʻolauna pinepine ʻia ai nā mea pāʻani hou, hāʻawi ka CPSC i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo palekana koʻikoʻi:

  • E hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo makahiki: E hoʻolohe mau i nā alakaʻi makahiki a me ka ʻike palekana i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻōpala mea pāʻani. E koho i nā mea pāʻani e kūpono i ke kahua ulu o ke keiki a me nā hiki e hōʻemi i nā pilikia. He mea nui loa kēia i ka wā hoʻomaha i ka wā e loaʻa ai i nā keiki nā ʻano mea pāʻani hou like ʻole, ʻo kekahi o ia mau mea ʻaʻole kūpono i ko lākou mau makahiki.
  • E hoʻohana i nā mea pale: Ke pāʻani nā keiki me nā mea pāʻani holo lio, nā paikikala, a i ʻole nā ​​scooter, e hōʻoia e ʻaʻahu lākou i nā lako palekana kūpono, me nā mahiole, nā pale kuli, a me nā pale kuʻekuʻe. He mea nui e hōʻoia e hoʻohana mau nā keiki i kēia lako i kēlā me kēia holo.
  • E mālama i nā mea pāʻani liʻiliʻi mai nā keiki liʻiliʻi: ʻO nā pōpō liʻiliʻi, nā mea pāʻani me nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi, a me nā pōpō i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia a haki paha he mau mea hoʻomakeʻe no nā keiki ma lalo o 3 mau makahiki. E mālama i kēia mau mea mai ka hiki ʻana aku a e hōʻoia i ka nānā ʻia ʻana o nā keiki i ka wā e pāʻani ana.
  • E hoʻolei pono i ka ʻōpala: Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i nā makana mea pāʻani, e hoʻolei koke i nā ʻūpā plastik, nā mea hoʻopili, a i ʻole nā ​​​​ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻoweliweli i ka hanu ʻana. 
  • E nānā i ka pāʻani wai: E akahele loa i ka ʻae ʻana i nā keiki liʻiliʻi e pāʻani me nā mea lana a i ʻole i loko o nā loko wai. Mai waiho wale i kahi keiki i loko a puni paha o ka wai, ʻoiai inā e hoʻohana ana lākou i kahi mea pāʻani lana. 

Ma ka pili ʻana i kēia mau alakaʻi a me ke koho ʻana i nā mea pāʻani palekana a kūpono i ka makahiki, hiki i nā mākua a me nā mea mālama ke hōʻemi nui i ka likelika o nā ʻeha e pili ana i nā mea pāʻani.

E kāhea aku i kahi Loio Kuleana Huahana Akamai

Inā ua ʻeha kāu keiki e kahi huahana a nā keiki, he mea nui e hana i kahi hana. ʻO kā mākou kuleana huahana He mau makahiki he nui o ka ʻike like o nā loio e hoʻokūkū ana i nā hui a me nā mea hana e hana maikaʻi no kā lākou mea kūʻai aku a lawe i ke kuleana no kā lākou mau hewa. 

Inā he hihia kuleana huahana kāu e makemake ai e kūkākūkā, e kelepona mai i kā mākou laina keʻena nui ma 800.273.5005 a i ʻole leka uila i kā mākou loio ma e hoʻonohonoho i kahi kūkākūkā loio manuahi.