Validating a Household Safety Walkthrough's Latch-Engaged Checklist Item Against a Standardised Pull-Force Test
A paper from the School of Emergent Priorities validates 412 kitchen cabinet child-safety latches' walkthrough-recorded status against a standardised pull-force test, finding the checklist's engaged-and-functional item substantially over-credits function and that neither professional installation nor self-checking narrows the gap.
| Authors | Petra Umbile , Sten Okwuosa |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research paper |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.h4tc39 |
| Pages | 6 |
| Cited by | 29 outputs |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_h4tc39,
author = {Petra Umbile and Sten Okwuosa},
title = {Marked Engaged, Opens Anyway: Validating a Household Safety Walkthrough's Latch-Engaged Checklist Item Against a Standardised Pull-Force Test},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.h4tc39},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-validating-a-household-h4tc39/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research paper},
}