TV injuries
-
How to Childproof Your Living Room Without Sacrificing Style (TV Lift Edition)
Wall-mounted TVs and toddlers don't mix well. Tip-over accidents involving furniture and televisions remain a well-documented safety concern, and traditional childproofing solutions, straps, corner guards, furniture anchors, often look exactly like what they are: safety equipment bolted onto your decor.
Why TVs Are a Childproofing Blind Spot
A mounted or stand-supported television sits at a height and weight that makes it a genuine hazard for a curious, climbing toddler. Even secured units can be a source of anxiety for parents watching a child play nearby.
How a Lift Cabinet Removes the Risk
A TV lift cabinet keeps the television fully enclosed and out of reach until it's raised for use, and it's not accessible by climbing since it sits inside a solid cabinet body rather than balanced on an open stand:
- No exposed screen for little hands to grab or pull
- No stand or mount for a child to use as a climbing point
- The cabinet itself functions as normal, sturdy furniture even with the TV lowered
Posted on: September 20, 2026Posted by: Jenn Mann -
Keep Your Family Safe from TV Tip
Every day, approximately 40 young children are taken to hospital emergency rooms with injuries suffered as a result of a heavy piece of furniture falling on them? Furthermore, TV sets were the most common item associated with tip-over injuries to children.
Dr. Gary Smith, head of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, used data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to analyze injuries to children in the U.S. between 1990 and 2007. During that time, an estimated 264,200 furniture tip-over related-injuries occurred, which required trips to emergency rooms. According to the study, published in Clinical Pediatrics, three-quarters of the injuries were to children 6-years-old and younger, with 1- to 3-year-olds being the most vulnerable.
A TV tip-over typically occurs when a child attempts to climb onto furniture (or into a drawer of a dresser on which a TV sits), causing the furniture and/or TV to fall onto the child. The child may also
Posted on: December 05, 2009Posted by: Kerry Mann -
Keep Your Family Safe from TV Tip
Every day, approximately 40 young children are taken to hospital emergency rooms with injuries suffered as a result of a heavy piece of furniture falling on them? Furthermore, TV sets were the most common item associated with tip-over injuries to children.
Dr. Gary Smith, head of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, used data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to analyze injuries to children in the U.S. between 1990 and 2007. During that time, an estimated 264,200 furniture tip-over related-injuries occurred, which required trips to emergency rooms. According to the study, published in Clinical Pediatrics, three-quarters of the injuries were to children 6-years-old and younger, with 1- to 3-year-olds being the most vulnerable.
A TV tip-over typically occurs when a child attempts to climb onto furniture (or into a drawer of a dresser on which a TV sits), causing the furniture and/or TV to fall onto the child. The child may also
Posted on: December 05, 2009Posted by: Kerry Mann