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.
Blinds child safety device.
Choose cordless blinds or shades check window coverings for exposed cords that could pose a strangulation hazard to infants and young children.
Draperies shutters and cordless cellular and roller shades are a few preferred options.
Making your blinds safer.
Put blind cord safety at the top of your child proofing checklist.
Replace corded window coverings with safer cordless products.
Consumers should know that wcsc s retrofit kits do not address the dangling pull cord hazard associated with many common window blinds.
Consumers should immediately repair these types of blinds.
Install or use safety devices.
There are a number of ways to improve the safety of the blinds in your home or in any home where your children might go grandparents holiday houses etc.
Keeping kids safe can be a challenge when danger may not be obvious.
The bottom loop of the chain or cord must be 150cms from the floor and secured with an evans textiles 781180 safety device without the safety device the product is not compliant and should not be fitted.
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.
The important point of calculation now becomes the installation height of the blind or track this determines how long the chain or cord can be.
Window blinds that have an inner cord for raising the slats of the blinds can be pulled by a child and form a potentially deadly loop.