
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, approximately 3000 children under the age of 5 were treated in U.S. emergency rooms in 2005 due to injuries incurred when a television was “tipped over.” http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/5004.pdf From 2000-2005, the CPSC reported 36 TV tip-over deaths; more than 80% of these deaths were young children. In a majority of these cases, children were injured because they were climbing onto, falling against, or pulling themselves up onto various TV “stands” – bookcases, dressers and desks. In some cases, the television, which was plac...









