MONDAY, ALTHOUGH WE WILL SEE THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES BY MIDWEEK. JEN.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: A NEW REPORT
RELEASED THIS MORNING REVEALS
NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE WERE
TREATED FOR INJURIES BETWEEN
2019 AND 2021. BECAUSE THEY
WERE HURT BY A TV OR A PIECE
OF FURNITURE THAT TIPPED OVER
ON TOP OF THEM FOR MOMS AND
DADS WATCHING THIS MORNING OR
GRANDPARENTS AND AUNTS AND
UNCLES, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT
88% OF THE DEATHS THAT
OCCURRED IN TIP OVERS INVOLVED
A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 5.
KARLA CROSSWHITE IS WITH THE
U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION IS JOINING US LIVE
VIA ZOOM THIS MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US. GOOD MORNING, JEN. THANKS
FOR HAVING ME. SO WE KNOW THAT
CPSC JUST RELEASED THESE NEW
FINDINGS. I’M HOLDING THEM
HERE WHICH INDICATE TV’S ARE
THE BIGGEST CULPRIT. WHAT KIND
OF INJURIES ARE MOST COMMON?
>> LOOK, AND JIM, THANKS FOR
HAVING ME HERE. YES, YOU KNOW,
IT’S SUPER BOWL TIME. WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
GATHERING WITH FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING
NEW TV’S DURING THIS TIME SO
THEY CAN WATCH THE BIG GAME.
SO WE’RE TAKING THIS TIME NOW
TO REMIND EVERYONE WHO IS
GOING TO BE GATHERING IN
PURCHASING NEW TV’S TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE AN ANCHORING
KIT. MAKE SURE YOU ANCHOR YOUR
TV’S AND YOUR BIG FURNITURE TO
THE WALL. YOU KNOW, ANCHORING
KITS ARE RELATIVELY YOU CAN
GET ONE FOR LESS THAN $20
TAKES LESS THAN 20 MINUTES TO
INSTALL. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE
A HANDY MAN TO DO IT. THINK OF
IT AS A SEAT BELT FOR YOUR
FURNITURE AND TV’S. SO THIS
SMALL EFFORT, JAN CAN GO A
LONG WAY AND PREVENTING THESE
TRAGEDIES. AS YOU HAVE
MENTIONED, SOME OF THE
NUMBERS. SO AGAIN, WE
ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IF YOU IF
IT HASN’T COME WITH YOUR
FURNITURE THAT YOU PURCHASE OR
YOUR TV, YOU CAN GO TO YOUR
LOCAL HARDWARE STORE AND
PURCHASE ONE. SO THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
DO.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND NOW, IN
ALL PARTICULARLY IF YOU’RE
HOSTING A PARTY AND, YOU KNOW,
YOUNGER CHILDREN THEY’RE NOT
USED TO HAVING IN THE HOUSE
ARE COMING OVER. I THINK THE
REALITY IS AND YOU KNOW, I’M
NOT SURE IF YOU’RE A PARENT,
BUT HAVING HAD MINE, YOU KNOW,
YOU JUST TURN YOUR YOUR YOUR
HEAD FOR A MINUTE. AND NEXT
THING, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE
CLIMBING UP BECAUSE THERE’S
SOMETHING ON TOP OF THE
FURNITURE WHERE THE TV IS OR
SOMETHING OR THE TV THAT HAS
ATTRACTED THEIR ATTENTION AND
THEY’RE TRYING TO REACH AT
THAT CHILD IS THAT OFTENTIMES
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING HERE,
TOO? BECAUSE IT’S NOT
NECESSARILY 1, 1, MOMS AND
DADS ARE AWAKE EITHER. THIS
SOMETIMES HAPPENS WHEN KIDS
GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,
YOU KNOW, KIDS WILL BE KIDS.
THEY’RE THEY LOVE TO CLIMB.
KNOW THE HOUSE IS LIKE A
JUNGLE GYM TO THEM. SO
EXACTLY. SO THAT’S PART OF
WHAT WE’RE ALSO TRYING TO
REMIND PARENTS DON’T PUT
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TRACK
A YOUNG CHILD TO CLIMB UP A
DRESSER. OUR BULL CASE YOU
KNOW, REMOTE CONTROLS THEIR
FAVORITE TOYS, THEIR JUICE
BOXES, PEOPLE THAT STUFF AND
OFF OF OF FURNITURE WHERE IT’S
SO THEY WON’T BE TEMPTED TO
CLIMB. THAT’S VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT. AS YOU SAID, A LOT
OF THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENED
EVEN WHEN THE PARENTS ARE
SUPERVISING, EVEN WHEN THEY’RE
WATCHING, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
PSA, ANCHORAGE, YOUR VIEWERS
TO TO HEAD OVER TO OUR
WEBSITE. WATCH IT. IT’S CALLED
EVEN WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING
BECAUSE AGAIN, IT HAPPENED SO
QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, THE KIDS
CLIMBING UP THE THE CASE OR A
PIECE OF FURNITURE IN IT. TIPS
OVER. IT HAPPENS VERY, VERY
QUICKLY. SO AGAIN, ANCHORING
THAT FURNITURE WILL HELP GO A
LONG WAY IN PREVENTING OF THAT
SORT OF TRAGEDY. AND OF
COURSE, WE JUST ASSUME THAT
THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN
TO US. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT
A DRESSER IS AN EXAMPLE, I
MEAN, IT’S BASICALLY THESE
KIDS KILLING EACH AMAZING. GET
OUT. THEY CAN CREATE A LADDER
SYSTEM OR WRONGS.
>> BY JUST OPENING UP EACH ONE
OF THE SHELLS AND USING THAT
INCH THEIR WAY AT TOO HIGH.
AND IN AN AREA WHERE ITS TOP
HEAVY AND IT COMES RIGHT OVER
AND CAN REALLY, REALLY HURT
THEM.
>> TAKE AND IT CAN KILL THEM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OVER THE
PAST DECADE THERE NEARLY A 600
FATALITIES AND ABOUT 88% OF
THOSE DEATHS ARE CHILDREN
UNDER 5.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.