A mother whose daughter accidentally strangled on the cord of a blind wants people to back an American petition. Amanda O’Halloran has been campaigning for blind cord safety since the death of her daughter Sophia in June 2013. The petition in the USA asks that a mandatory standard is put in place to make cords…
It is a silent killer that is lurking in so many homes. It’s killed more than 200 children, almost one a month — but many parents don’t recognize the danger. Watch the news clip and read the article on 11 Alive.
Erica Barnes Thomas is the last person you’d expect to lose a child to a hidden household danger. But on March 1 of last year, she checked on her son Cormac, in his bedroom, and discovered a horrifying scene. The adventurous 2-year-old had climbed onto a rocking chair to look out the window and fallen,…
“Her mom – just weeping and holding her. and, it was just the saddest thing I’ve ever seen. It was horrible,” says Monique Lum 3-year-old Sahrye Hardy died last Thursday after getting tangled in the cord of a window blind. Monique Lum says she arrived at the Pineview Apartments in Happy Valley as paramedics were…
After two decades of fruitless interaction between the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the window covering industry, the commission voted last Friday afternoon to officially put one step forward toward a mandatory standard. The vote was unanimous to publish an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. “It speaks to the new tenure of Chairman [Elliot]…
“If you have young children, it’s like having a loaded gun lying in their room,” Shero said. “It’s a helpless death. It’s quiet. There’s not a cry, there’s nothing. It’s completely silent. And it needs to stop.” Hundreds of children have died in window blind cords during the last 20 years. It’s hard to say…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif., has agreed to pay a $700,000 civil penalty. The agreement resolves CPSC staff’s charges that the firm knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately, as required by federal law, a defect involving Pottery Barn Kids Roman shades…
They don’t look dangerous – not like a knife or open flame – but the cords on window blinds and shades can be just as deadly when they get wrapped around a child’s neck. Almost every month, on average, another child dies from window cord strangulation, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC). These…
SPOKANE, Wash. – Consumer groups are fighting to have tougher standards placed on window blinds and it is all because of the cords. Consumer safety groups have reported seven deaths and one serious injury of children strangled by window blind cords in 2014. Window blind cords are one of the top five hidden hazards in…
Parents.com – Safety tassels came with the window blinds Shero had in her home, but they did not prevent the cords from being tangled together and re-forming a loop in the pull cord. This is how Colton became entangled. With other kits, inner-cord stoppers may be included. These plastic pieces are almost like beads on…