| Tips from pediatricians
• Typically, injuries and deaths occur when children climb onto, fall against or pull themselves up on television stands, shelves, bookcases, dressers, desks, chests, and appliances.
• From 2000-2006 there was an estimated 42,700 emergency room visits due to furniture, television, and appliance related tip-overs.
• See video below to see how easily furniture can topple when the drawers are pulled out and the child is using the drawers as a "step ladder."
See these websites in memory of children killed by furniture tip-overs: Maddie's Message (Hampton Roads, Virginia)
The Katie Elise Lambert Foundation Charlie's Story Meghan's Hope
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