CPSC Warns in Advance of TV Tip-Over Risk for Super Bowl Viewing
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned Thursday of increased risk of injury or death from TV and furniture tip-overs, with families spending more time indoors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Millions of consumers will watch the Super Bowl Feb. 7, it…
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said, urging consumers to anchor all TVs in the home. From 2000 to 2019, 451 children 17 and under were killed by furniture and TV tip-over incidents, said CPSC, and from 2017-19, an average 11,100 children annually were treated in hospital emergency rooms for tip-over-related injuries. Some 75% of children's fatal tip-over incidents involved a TV.