CPSC Warns in Advance of TV Tip-Over Risk for Super Bowl Viewing

The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned Thursday of increased risk of injury or death from TV and furniture tip-overs, with families spending more time indoors due to COVID-19 restrictions. Millions of consumers will watch the Super Bowl Feb. 7, it said, urging consumers to anchor all TVs in the home. From 2000 to 2019, 451 children 17 and under were killed by furniture and TV tip-over incidents, said CPSC, and from 2017-19, an average 11,100 children annually were treated in hospital emergency rooms for tip-over-related injuries. Some 75% of children's fatal tip-over incidents involved a TV.