Published On: December 2, 2012

SANUS and Safe Kids Worldwide Launch Joint TV Safety Initiative

Published On: December 2, 2012
Last Updated on: October 31, 2020
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SANUS and Safe Kids Worldwide Launch Joint TV Safety Initiative

Sanus and Safe Kids Worldwide have teamed up on a campaign to raise awareness on the dangers of unsecured televisions. Tipping televisions may seem like an unlikely danger but that isn't really the case.

SANUS and Safe Kids Worldwide Launch Joint TV Safety Initiative

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Sanus-TV-Safety-small.jpgSANUS and Safe Kids Worldwide recently announced a new multi-faceted partnership with the goal of educating consumers about the risk of unsecured flat-panel TVs tipping in the home as well as available TV safety solutions.

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Unsecured flat-panel TVs can pose a great risk to consumers, and more specifically to young children. Due to increasing size and new ultra-thin designs, today's flat panel TVs can easily tip when bumped or pulled, causing them to topple off furniture, potentially causing injury or even death.

A 2011 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) report revealed that a child dies every three weeks from unsecured TVs tipping. In addition, an estimated 20,000 people were treated in emergency rooms in 2010 due to injuries caused by tipping TVs. The issue is growing; this same report indicated that injuries from TV tip-overs have increased almost 25% from 2006-2010.

Safe Kids Worldwide will be engaging local coalitions for a grass-roots educational movement while SANUS has recently launched an educational site, www.tvsafety.org as well as a national safety awareness consumer ad campaign.

TV tip-over deaths are needless and can easily be prevented. Use of a flat panel TV wall mount is a safe and secure way to avoid injury. Other options include furniture attachment systems and TV safety straps.

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