Keeping kids safe can be a challenge when danger may not be obvious.
Blinds child safety device.
A safety standard introduced in 2014 means that new blinds must be safe by design or be supplied with appropriate child safety devices installed.
Making your blinds safer.
Install or use safety devices.
Put blind cord safety at the top of your child proofing checklist.
Window blind safety ideas.
Consumers should immediately repair these types of blinds.
Consumers should know that wcsc s retrofit kits do not address the dangling pull cord hazard associated with many common window blinds.
Choose cordless blinds or shades check window coverings for exposed cords that could pose a strangulation hazard to infants and young children.
Temporary tuck cords up high.
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.
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.
Replace corded window coverings with safer cordless products.
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.
Draperies shutters and cordless cellular and roller shades are a few preferred options.