My older brother set the scene by flipping off the lights and
tipping over furniture to give it that «apocalyptic» feel.
Not exact matches
If you have
furniture that didn't come with an anchor but could potentially
tip over, there's a product now available that's recently become popular thanks to a viral video.
According to the organization, a child is hurt in the U.S. by
tipping furniture every 30 minutes and 91 percent of
tip -
over fatalities occur in the home.
Moreover, American Academy of Pediatrics has stated that
over 8000 babies per year are injured by using walkers in the US, with injuries such as burn, falling the stairs and bumping against the walls and
furniture and
tipping over.
Safety 1st
Furniture Straps secure your
furniture to the wall and help prevent the climbing kid from accidentally
tipping things
over.
According to a report from the CPSC, between 2000 and 2010 there were 245 reports of
furniture tip -
over deaths in children ages 8 an under, with the majority of them being under 5.
All
furniture that could possibly
tip over should be secured to the walls.
Preventing
furniture and TV
tip -
overs.
According to CPSC every two weeks a child dies from
furniture tipping over.
Prevent
tip -
overs with
furniture straps Toddlers often see
furniture as a fun jungle gym, but their efforts to climb up can throw even heavy pieces off balance.
According to the CPSC, there were at least 36 television
tip -
over deaths and 65
furniture tip -
over deaths between 2000 and 2005; many more injuries were treated in emergency rooms.
Unfortunately, when they climb on a large piece of
furniture, such as a bookcase, television stand, or dresser, it can
tip over on top of them.
On average 38,000 people are treated in emergency rooms with the
tip over injuries related to heavy
furniture or TVs.
to prevent children from serious or killing injuries with
furniture and TV
tip -
over.
Installing
furniture straps to prevent baby dresser from
tipping over.
As per a report of, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in every two weeks a child dies because of heavy
furniture tipping over them.
CPSC also reported that 38,000 Americans go to emergency rooms each year with injuries related to
tip -
overs of top - heavy
furniture or televisions placed on
furniture, instead of a TV stand.
According to CPSC data, unstable and unsecured TVs and large pieces of
furniture kill a child every two weeks, on average, in
tip -
over incidents that are easily preventable.
For instance, cover electrical outlets, place baby gates near stairs and move plants stands that could
tip over when your baby reaches for
furniture.
Secure all televisions and
furniture to the wall using mounts, brackets, anchors or wall straps to prevent
tip -
overs.
It's actually not very hard for
furniture to
tip over onto little ones, especially if a drawer gets pulled out and throws the unit off balance.
To protect Ted in his home, the McGees installed safety gates, covered power outlets, and latched all cabinets — but they had never heard of a
furniture tip -
over.
Whether you decide to load your nursery with many different
furniture items or not, every single furnishing needs to be secured and stabilized so that it will not
tip over and fall.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than 16,000 children under the age of 5 went to the emergency room in 2006 with injuries caused when television sets, bookcases, and other
furniture and appliances
tipped over on them.
Between 2000 and 2006, more than 130 young children died from
furniture tip -
overs.
Furniture straps help you to anchor heavy
furniture, dressers, TV, computer, etc. with wall studs that can
tip over kids as a result of climbing or pulling.
Child Safe
Furniture Straps According to CPSC every two weeks a child dies from
furniture tipping over.
A child dies every two weeks and a child is injured every 24 minutes in the U.S. from
furniture or TVs
tipping over, according to the CPSC, which has launched a public safety campaign to educate parents about the dangers.
To prevent injuries from
furniture tip -
over, this item should be permanently fixed to the wall.
Our main cat charity, Cats Protection (cats.org) has rescue centres all
over the country, hundreds of them, check any and you'll be hard pressed to find «destructiveness in the home» as the reason the cat has been surrendered so I'm fast forming the opinion that many Americans are just too f ***** g idle to train their cats IF — and it is IF, because beyond the kitten months most adult cats DO N'T routinely scratch
furniture — they scratch the
furniture and / or to idle to get the cat a proper, decent scratching post (as opposed to something cheap and flimsy that will
tip and deter the cat).
They can give you
tips on scratching the
furniture as well -
over inflating balloons and taping them near the
furniture sometimes helps - squirting them with a water bottle sometimes helps, etc..
If the post feels like it could
tip over any minute, kitty will quickly return to the
furniture.
CNN crunched the numbers in a Consumer Product Safety Commission report [PDF] on
furniture - based injuries and found that «a child dies every two weeks from
furniture or TVs
tipping over,» and even that is hard to call an epidemic; because according to the CDC, two children die every day from accidental drowning.
Swedish
furniture retailer IKEA announced this week it will recall nearly 30 million chests and dressers that can easily
tip over onto children and result in serious injury or death.
Guided a manufacturer and international importer through a fast track voluntary recall with the CPSC Office of Compliance for two lines of
furniture which were found to be non-compliant with industry
tip -
over standards.
Here are some
tips when looking
over antique walnut
furniture before you buy.
Now — here's my biggest
tip for slipcovering
furniture, instead of making patterns, I lay the fabric
over the chair or couch and then pin it in place.
This
furniture shall be anchored to the wall with the enclosed safety fitting to prevent it from
tipping over.