An extensive database on window-covering accidents was created. IDI reports from 1975 to 2003 were received from the CPSC and exclusive interviews with hundreds of parents led to reports on 5 ways Children Were Strangling on Window Covering Cords, the Deadliest Product designs, products involved in daycare, and military housing…
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First letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission asking for mandatory standards.
November 1, 2002 Parents for Window Blind Safety is established after the founder, Linda Kaiser came in contact with 6 parents whose children died after Cheyenne’s accident.
Cheyenne Kaiser silently strangled on the inner cord of a window blind while parents, Linda and Matt Kaiser believed the safety advice of tying pull cords out of reach would keep Cheyenne safe.
Voluntary standard revised to prevent inner cords from pulling through slats and forming a loop.
Reports of children strangling on the Inner cords of window coverings prompted another recall
After 140 reported deaths since 1981, The first voluntary Industry safety standard separated looped pull cords. CPSC reports 17 children fatally strangled during the year.
CPSC and Industry announce recall of horizontal blinds with looped pull cords, as cord-related deaths exceed one per month.
[caption id="attachment_8461" align="alignleft" width="189"] CPSC reports 35 more deaths from 1981-1984. CPSC and Industry urge parents to keep cords out of children's reach. Manufacturers start including warnlngs on corded blinds.[/caption]