Consumer News
Apr 14, 2021 08:30 PM By Robert Calandra
In January 2021, the Consumer Protection Safety Commission released a report on the number of accidents involving a piece of furniture or a television falling on someone. Of the 571 fatalities, 469 were children under 18 years. The report covered the years between 2000 through 2019.
In January 2018, the CPSC released a similar report, which covered the years 2000 through 2017. That period had 542 reported fatalities, of which 450 involved children younger than 14. Nineteen more youngsters lost their lives between the two reporting periods because a tv or a piece of furniture were not anchored. In both studies, the vast majority of deaths involved a television.