Tip-overs of chests, bureaus and dressers sent an estimated 1,800 children to hospital emergency rooms each year from 2020 through 2022, according to a newly released report by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The “Product Instability or Tip-Over Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Televisions, Furniture, and Appliances: 2023 Report” also found that there were [...]
Millions of wall-anchoring kits designed to prevent dresser tip-overs have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) because a defective part may render them ineffective. On January 11, 2024, the CPSC recalled the kits, made by New Age Industries, because a plastic zip tie “can become brittle or break,” which can allow a [...]
Congratulations to Our Dresser Tip-Over Clients on Achieving a Major Milestone in the Fight to Keep Children Safe in Their Bedrooms Several former Feldman Shepherd clients whose children died from IKEA dresser tip-overs — along with other child safety advocates — have achieved a major milestone in their fight to protect kids from dressers that [...]
Congratulations to Our Dresser Tip-Over Clients Who Won the Fight to Keep Children Safe in Their Bedrooms In the waning days of 2022, as the end was nearing for the 117th Congress, a group of determined parents who fought tirelessly for nearly two decades to protect children from serious injury and death from dresser tip-overs [...]
STURDY Act Awaits Final Vote by U.S. House In a hard-earned victory for child safety advocates, a new mandatory federal safety standard that will save young children from injuries and deaths associated with dresser tip-overs was published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2022. The Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units was approved in [...]
As the U.S. Senate’s failure to act on legislation that would help prevent dresser tip-overs reaches the 17-month mark, another 5,400 dangerous dressers have been recalled. On July 7, 2022, Samson International issued a joint recall with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for its Universal Broadmoore Cayden Gentleman’s 9-Drawer Chests, stating that the chests [...]
As legislation that would help prevent dresser tip-overs sits stalled in the U.S. Senate for more than a year, another 1,380 dangerous dressers have been recalled. On February 3, 2022, BFG North Carolina issued a joint recall with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for its River Street Five-Drawer Chests, stating that the chests do [...]
Tip-overs of chests, bureaus and dressers sent an estimated 2,400 children to U.S. hospital emergency rooms from 2018 to 2020, accordingly to a newly released report by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The “Product Instability or Tip-Over Injuries and Fatalities Associated with Televisions, Furniture, and Appliances: 2021 Report,” also found that there were 218 [...]
As legislation that would help prevent dresser tip-overs sits stalled in the U.S. Senate for a third time in recent years, another 13,200 dangerous children’s dressers have been recalled. On October 27, 2021, Magnussen Home Furnishings issued a joint recall with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for its Nova Series 5-Drawer Chests, stating that [...]
Another ninety dressers have been added to the growing tally of unsafe dressers that have been recalled because they can easily tip over and seriously injure or kill young children. On July 22, 2021, Bel Furniture issued a joint recall with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for its Barrington 5-Drawer Chests, which were sold [...]
