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Anchoring Furniture: A Babyproofing Essential

9/20/2019

 
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A tip-over injury or fatality means that a child has been injured or killed by pulling over dressers, televisions, bookshelves or other furniture.  About 70 percent of tip-over fatalities involve children ages 1 1/2 to 3 years old, but these accidents are preventable.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) Anchor It! Campaign shows parents and caregivers that anchoring is simple, inexpensive and important.  

​Here are their tips:
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- Anchor all furniture to the wall. These videos show how to properly anchor to drywall and to brick walls.

  • - Secure TVs to the wall or base/TV stand and recycle older, unused TVs 

  • - Check for and act on recalls of products that present tip-over hazards

- Anchor furniture before baby is born,  or begins "grabbing" or crawling.  Babies begin to crawl as early as 6 months and reaching for things well before then.  

Refer to the Anchor It poster here for correct installation of anchors, and for more babyproofing info please visit How to Create a Safe Nursery.

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