Government videos using dolls show the devastating impact a piece of furniture could have when it falls on a child. The images are disturbing, and so are the numbers.
A child dies every 10 days after a TV or furniture falls onto him or her, according to the latest data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission's Anchor It! campaign.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, police posted on Facebook about an unsecured TV that crushed and killed a 3-year-old girl on Wednesday.
Here in Arizona, it happened three years ago to Mark Brook’s 3-year-old daughter Laney when a dresser fell on top of her, ultimately taking her life.
“If you have a house, if you have an apartment anywhere, and you have furniture, just make sure your house is safe,” Brook said.
Experts suggest you look around each room in your home closer to the ground from a child’s point of view.
You can find do-it-yourself anchoring kits online, or, as Angie’s List founder Angie Hicks suggests, hire a certified professional childproofer.
“And help assess your home just to get a sense of where the danger zones are because they’re experienced and have seen a lot of these accidents,” Hicks said.
