Whether you have a baby learning to stand, an unsteady toddler trying to climb or a fearless preschooler who still doesn't

quite understand balance, furniture tipovers are a real danger for kids.

 

Regardless of your child's abilities and limitations, top-heavy furniture, TVs and appliances can tip over and seriously injure young children. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that between 2000 and 2010, there were at least 245 deaths related to tip-overs of furniture, televisions or appliances among children 8 and under. Ninety percent of those deaths involved children younger than 6.

 

CPSC data also shows that between 2008 and 2010, there

were 22,000 injuries associated with product instability or tipovers,

involving children younger than 9. There are many easy-to-install devices that anchor furniture to the wall, making furniture more stable and tip-over resistant. These devices are designed for dressers, wall units and anything your little explorer might try to climb.

 

 

Click here to learn top safety tips to help prevent tip-over hazards.

 

 

 

 

The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center leads Monmouth County's first and only chapter of the National Safe Kids Campaign - a nationwide initiative to prevent injuries

and save young lives.

 

The county-based chapter is among more than 500 grassroots

partnerships throughout the United States associated with

Safe Kids, the first nonprofit organization dedicated solely

to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury or

accidents - the No. 1 killer of children 14 and under. In

addition to The Children's Hospital at Monmouth, the Safe

Kids Monmouth County Chapter also partners with the Long

Branch Police Department, Long Branch Public School

System, Long Branch Department of Recreation and the

Coastal Monmouth Alliance for the Prevention of Substance

Abuse.