{"id":460,"date":"2024-06-03T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/\/?post_type=disaster-prevention&#038;p=460"},"modified":"2025-01-31T17:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:43:12","slug":"fallprevention","status":"publish","type":"disaster-prevention","link":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/disaster-prevention\/fallprevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing furniture from toppling over\u3000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tipping furniture: A deadly threat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">In the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, there were many reports of damage caused by furniture falling over. Analysis of these reports reveals that such tragic accidents were caused by cases where people were &#8220;<strong><em>trapped under furniture<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong><em>evacuation<\/em> <em>routes were blocked by fallen furniture<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; and &#8220;<strong><em>glass<\/em> and stored items were broken\u201d <\/strong>and<strong><em> \u201dpeople were injured by shards of glass and stored items<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jiko_jishin_kagu_tentou.png\" alt=\"fallen furniture broke windows\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jiko_jishin_kagu_tentou.png 400w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jiko_jishin_kagu_tentou-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/jiko_jishin_kagu_tentou-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6746bdd3ad35228855a2b1786ea2c11c\"><strong>Earthquakes and furniture tipping over have the following tendencies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u30fbShallow-depth, tall furniture tends to fall over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u30fbFurniture placed on carpets or tatami mats is more likely to topple over than on hard floors such as wooden flooring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u30fbFurniture is more likely to fall over on the upper floors and upper stories of a building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-07876ca1f637225c7f7650e216cf3bcf\">*<strong> <\/strong>Particular attention should be paid when these factors are combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/pro00012-10-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" 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