Lansing business partners with safety experts to produce child-safe window screens

LANSING (KWWL) -

The death of an eastern Iowa child has turned into a reminder of how quickly accidents can happen.

Carter McOmber, 3, of Cedar Falls accidentally fell 20 feet out of his bedroom window.

The Executive Director of the National Association for Child Window Safety Jim Graham said it's not uncommon.

In fact, he said about 5,000 kids die every year after falling from a window.

That's why Graham reached out to Lansing Housing Products to come up with a solution.

Together, along with other experts in the field, they designed a window screen with the purpose of not only keeping insects out of the home, but preventing children from falling out.

Brian Houlihan, president of Lansing Housing Products, helped create the Tough Tek Metal Screen, designed to withstand 25 pounds of force.

"The common homeowner has no idea this product exists," said Houlihan.

Houlihan has talked with families who have lost a child from a window fall.

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Lansing business partners with safety experts to produce child-safe window screens