Blind Cords Child Safety

Lift cord string for blinds and shades.

Blind cords child safety.

Pull down on the bottom rail to lower. String size help video get free string samples. How to determine string size. Move all cribs beds furniture and toys away from windows and window cords preferably to another wall.

In the united states alone one child dies from blind cord strangulation every two weeks. Ask them to also remove window blinds with cords to help keep your child safer first published on december 11 2017. Consumer product safety commission calls corded window coverings one of the top five hidden hazards in american homes with infants and children accidentally becoming entangled in window blind cords. To select the size of string you need wrap your current un frayed string around anything round like a pencil 10 times and measure the width of those 10 strands.

However blinds installed earlier may not have these features and millions. Tilt the bottom rail and push up to raise. While the majority of children were treated and released there was about one child death each month most from strangulation when a child became entangled by the neck in a window blind cord and. Each set of cordless blinds has an internal cord that runs through its slats.

If you are unable to switch to cordless window coverings follow these safety tips. Keeping kids safe can be a challenge when danger may not be obvious. A safety standard introduced in 2014 means that new blinds must be safe by design or be supplied with appropriate child safety devices installed. This is a shocking statistic.

In almost every case the child was aged three years or younger. This hidden cord raises and lowers the window treatments just like corded blinds only safer for children and pets. To prevent blind cord accidents the safest thing you can do is to fit a blind that is safe by design which means that it does not have looped cords and this is especially important in a child s bedroom. Kaiser later formed the advocacy group parents for window blind safety.

Keep all window cords well out of the reach of children. Then match with the pictures below. Eliminate any dangling cords. Put blind cord safety at the top of your child proofing checklist.

Make sure that tasseled pull cords are as short as possible. According to the u s. In a matter of just seconds a curious playful baby or toddler can accidentally wrap a loose cord or chain around his neck and strangle himself.