people digging holes.

There are dangers all around us. The most danger usually lies in the most unexpected places. We rarely think that a child playing in the sand could be harmful or even deadly. digging endlessly for hours in the sand in not so good of an idea. Many children can dig huge holes or ditches. It is an old phrase that some children will even try to dig a hole to China.

Researchers have found that hole digging can be fatal or cause injury. There have been at least 52 incidents where people were killed or injured due to holes collapsing. A great misconception is about the size of the hole dug. The holes do not have to be very big. A hole of only a few feet can collapse around a small child. It does not take a lot of sand to cause suffocation.

lesson: use common sense...don't dig a hole so deep you can't get out.