TV/Furniture tip‐overs 

 

• Every 24 minutes a child in the U.S. is injured as a result of a TV

or furniture tip-over incident.

• 2/3 of TV and furniture tip-over fatalities involve toddlers.

• 42% of tip-over fatalities occur in a bedroom

• 12,800 kids aged 19 and under were seen in emergency departments

for injuries caused by televisions tipping over in 2011.

• Because of its weight, a 36‐inch CRT television falling three feet creates

the same momentum as a 1‐year‐old child falling 10 stories.

• Approximately $8.34 million is spent in medical costs each year to treat children aged 19 and under in emergency departments for injuries from TV tip‐overs.

 

Stairs

• Nearly 100,000 children younger than 5 are sent

to the emergency room annually for falling down the stairs.

• Overall, 2.7% of children who fell down stairs were hospitalized.

• Nearly 3/4 of all children had injuries to the head and neck region.

• The risk of a child being injured as a result of a fall at home is

twice the risk as at child‐care.

 

Electrical

• Annually 2,400 children suffer severe shock and burns.

• Nearly one-third of these injuries are the result of small children

placing ordinary household objects into the outlets.

• Hairpins, keys,  and fingers are the top three items inserted into

outlets by a child. 

• 2-4 year olds are able to remove plastic outlet caps within 10 seconds.

  

Doors

• The National Safety Council estimates 300,000 injuries are caused by

doors every year.

•  Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 44,676 injuries in one

year to fingers, hands, and wrists of children under 14.

 

Pools

• In 2009, 30% of children 1-4 years old who died from an

unintentional injury drowned.

• For children most drownings occur in pools at home

• Among children aged 1-14, fatal drowning remains the

second-leading cause of death- behind motor vehicle crashes.

• A four-sided isolation fence surrounding the pool reduces a

child’s risk of drowning by 83%.