Furniture tip-overs

Transcript - Furniture Tip-Overs

Transcript - Furniture Tip-Overs

(Opens to child on toy car racing down hallway.)

Female Child: Down the straightaway...

(Child turns into kitchen.)

Full speed past the famous slippery corner. Whoa! Past the lions!

(Child rides by and bumps into chair containing cat, startling the cat.)

In the home stretch. She wins!

(Child runs into entertainment center. TV begins tipping over toward viewer.)

Uh-oh...

(Warning sign with question mark appears.)

Male Voiceover: What should you do to prevent this?

(Opens again to child on toy car racing down hallway.)

Female Child: Down the straightaway...

(Child turns into kitchen.)

In the home stretch. She wins!

(Child runs into entertainment center. TV begins tipping over toward viewer.)

Uh-oh...

Male Voiceover: Televisions and other pieces of furniture are potentially deadly if they tip over. Place TV's far back on low, stable furniture designed to hold their size and weight.

Female Child: She wins!

(Child runs into entertainment center again.)

Male Voiceover: Find out how you can increase the safety of your home with some simple steps. Go to HealthyCanadians.gc.ca.

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