Wall Mounting Flat Panel TV for safety reasons
If you have ever considered the idea of wall mounting flat panel TV's in your place of business you may want to read on. One of several reasons to mount those flat panel TV's and quickly is a recent (2007) study* that shows injuries to young children is up over 41% since 1990.** Those injuries cited in the study occurred because the flat panel TV fell over and caused an injury to the child.
This makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Older tube TV's weighed a great deal but were very difficult to lift or move, often requiring two people to do so. Modern day flat screen televisions are so light they can easily be moved by a single person, even sizes as large as 50 inches. However, these TV's are not very well balanced and awkward to carry. Because of their large screen size and awkward balance when the TV starts to fall over, there usually no stopping it.
In order to help protect your business from a potential law suit you could hire a contractor like us to mount the TV's to wall. Once mounted the TV isn't going anywhere unless the entire wall goes with it. Hiring a licensed contractor like AV Specialists and using a mount specified for the TV and exact mounting purpose may help protect you.
It is not uncommon to find TV's sitting on a piece of furniture in waiting rooms at places such as physicians' offices, eye doctors and other medical professionals. I have even seen where some of these offices had TV's mounted to the wall but workmanship was shoddy and the wires were hanging all over the place. This may not be a reason for a law suit but it sure looks bad.
To take this a step further you could also consider places where you may find adults acting like small children such as nightclubs and bars. I have seen many places try to fashion their own mounting system when a simple solution from us was easily available. Sure it might cost a little bit more up front. However, what is the potential cost of saving a few dollars now only to have to deal with the possible legal and insurance ramifications of an accident later?
