Unsecured Televisions Cost Money and Lives
$19 mil. award for boy hit by TV
Passen said the brain damage not only affected Mariano’s ability to learn, but it also caused physical disabilities.
“He still talks about what he wants to be, and we don’t try to discourage that,” his father said. “We don’t do anything to knock down his morale. We want to let him keep thinking he’s going to make it.”
I have been in full arguments about the importance of properly securing and handling televisions on carts. I know we couldn’t afford this, and the personal implications are even worse.
- Use approved carts for the size television you are using. They aren’t cheap, but they cost less than a life.
- Keep them properly maintained. Bad wheels and deflating tires make moving the carts both difficult and dangerous.
- In classrooms around children you will be better off with non-moving televisions. It may cost a couple hundred extra for each additional TV and bracket, but it is worth it.
- Flat panel LCD screens are far superior than the big old CRTs of yesteryear.
- Make sure that the people moving the televisions are capable of reading, understanding, and following the directions. They will be the ones pushing the TV sideways so that if it falls it won’t fall on them.
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