What types of objects are commonly inserted into receptacles?
Children insert a wide variety of metal objects into receptacles, including paper clips, pens, safety pins, screws and nails, tools, wire, forks, tweezers, hair pins, keys, knives, coins and more. The two most common objects inserted are keys and hairpins-items that children can access easily and that parents don’t often consider dangerous. Even “safe” items can pose electrical hazards.
