High Chair Falls
Spot it
A child standing in the seat or climbing in and out, unbuckled; a tray used as the only 'restraint'; a high chair made before mid-2019 (not unsafe by itself — it predates the mandatory standard, so check it against CPSC's recall list).
Fix it
Use the safety straps every time and adjust them to fit snugly; don't count on the tray to hold a child in. CPSC's mandatory high-chair standard applies to chairs manufactured or imported on or after June 19, 2019 — if you are buying or borrowing one, check the date.
Safer swaps
What actually fixes this — the category to look for, not a brand we were paid to name.
Buckle the harness every time, snug, with no standing in the seatHabit
Free; the restraint is the part CPSC's standard targets, and CPSC advises against relying on the tray
High chair made on or after June 19, 2019
Meets CPSC's mandatory standard
No shopping list for this hazard — the fix is a habit, not a purchase.
Sources cited
Sources
- CPSC (2019 release) counted an estimated 18,500 high-chair injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments over a two-year period — U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (incl. SaferProducts.gov), 2019 (how we check this source)
Every source we cite is checked against our criteria first — see how we check our sources.