Teach Early Safety Testing
This KID program is designed to promote the development of safe products by integrating children’s product safety, standards, and testing practices into the engineering curriculum.
KID’s TEST provides important background materials and educational opportunities on safety for tomorrow’s designers and engineers of children’s products. TEST gives student engineers and designers the tools they need to integrate safety into any product they design and apply appropriate testing practices and standards to the products. TEST will help manufacturers and testing laboratories find qualified students already familiar with standards and testing.
TEST is funded in part through a grant from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). UL also provides technical support in the development of the program.
If you would like more information on TEST or want to share how you have used these materials in the classroom, contact KID.
Resources
Student Projects (PDF)
Safety Resources (PDF)
TEST Brochure (PDF)
Danny’s Story
On May 12, 1998, 16-month-old Daniel Keysar was strangled to death at his licensed childcare facility when a Playskool Travel-Lite portable crib collapsed, trapping his neck in the “V” of its folded rails.
Aiden’s Story
Aiden suffocated on the crib bumper pad in his crib. He was six months old. "My beloved grandson was literally the light of my life."
Ellie’s Story
Ellie died when the changing table attachment on a play yard came down on the back of her neck as she stood up. She was thirteen months old.
Liam’s Story
Liam died when he was entrapped by the defective drop-side of his crib. He was nine months old.
Jared’s Story
Jared was strangled when the top rails of his portable crib collapsed. He was eight months old.
Riley’s Story
Riley was strangled when the side rail of her portable crib collapsed around her neck. She was 10 months old.
Ethan’s Story
Ethan died just months after Riley when he was strangled in the same type portable crib. He was eight months old.