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GREENSBORO, N.C. A trip to the grocery store isn’t something most parents worry about.  But every year, an average of 21,500 children are injured in the U.S. because of falls from shopping carts, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. See the entire report here.

Paul Giampavolo, president of Safe-Strap Company, contributed to an article by Grocery Headquarters that demonstrates how important first impressions are to shoppers. Additional Article

NBC KGW-TV Warns about Shopping Cart Safety. Paul Giampavolo, chairman of ASTM International Committee F15 on Consumer Products, talks about keeping kids safe when in the store.

A safer alternative for consumers who shop with infants is to use the Safe-Dock Personal Infant Carrier Docking Stations that are specifically designed to be permanently mounted and used on shopping carts. Safe-Docks are usually made available on several carts within the store. It is important to make sure that shopping carts and seat belts…

Instances of infant carrier-related injuries have increased in recent years. There are about 1,000 injuries annually now, and last year, a child was killed in a Georgia supermarket, which propelled more attention around the issue. Infant carrier materials warn against using the carriers on elevated surfaces, but not all of the materials address shopping carts;…

Beginning in January 2012 shopping carts began displaying a new warning label alerting consumers not to use their own personal infant carriers or car seats on shopping carts. This new warning is in direct response to the hundreds of infants who were seriously injured in stores when their carriers fell from shopping carts. In November…