Injuries From Falling TVs Up 95% Among U.S. Kids, Study Says

Television content is usually what parents want to protect their kids from — not the actual TV. But a new study found the rate of television sets falling and injuring children is rising, uncovering a serious issue that researchers say needs to be prevented.

The report — published in the journal Pediatrics — found that in a 22-year period, 380,885 minors were treated in U.S. emergency rooms for TV-related injuries. About half of those injuries were caused by a TV falling. Children striking a TV was the second-most common cause of TV-related injury. The Ohio researchers analyzed data between 1990-2011, collected from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.