Furniture Tip-Overs

03/04/2026

15,000 dressers from six brands have been recalled because they are “unstable” when not wall-anchored and pose tip-over and entrapment hazards to children.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced recalls of more than 15,000 dressers from six brands because they are “unstable” when not wall-anchored and pose tip-over and entrapment hazards that could result in serious injuries or death to children. Five of the recalls, annou...

10/08/2025

Some of our clients know far too well how the recent firings at the CPSC and the withdrawal of proposed changes to its "gag rule", limiting the agency's ability to issue warnings of a potentially dangerous products without the manufacturer's consent, put consumers at risk. Watch Angie Moreschi's investigative report for Spotlight on America. https://bit.ly/48dAJw7

10/01/2025

Who's left to ensure consumer products are safe? Spotlight on America's Angie Moreschi explores cuts at the Consumer Product Safety Commission and what that means for consumers. Watch her report at https://bit.ly/4nRTzxa

When a product malfunctions, or when it’s not designed safely, innocent people can suffer permanent injuries or even death. We hold manufacturers responsible. https://bit.ly/47bnw4X

05/02/2025

From January 2013 through July 2023 there were 79 reported fatalities from dressers, chests and bureaus tipping over, including 64 child fatalities, according to the CPSC.

Nearly 29,000 wall-anchoring kits sold with dressers manufactured by Canyon Furniture Dressers and Sauder Woodworking Co. have been recalled by two separate companies because a defective part may render them defective. On April 17, 2025, California-based importer American Bolt and Screw recalled abo...

11/05/2024

The STURDY Act applies to dressers built after September 1, 2023. Anything built before that date doesn't have to meet the new requirements but can still be sold.

Thanks to new safety standards, many dressers are safer than before, but older models could still pose a deadly risk.

09/30/2024

Clothing storage unit tip-overs killed 234 people from January 2000 through April 2022, including 199 children, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Loophole in law means potentially deadly furniture is still being sold by major retailers, advocacy group cautions.

07/09/2024

According to the recall notice, the Cedona Natural View dressers are unstable if not wall-anchored and pose serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in injuries and death to children.

For the second time in less than two months, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of a line of Rooms To Go dressers that do not comply with the performance standards of the STURDY Act and accordingly pose a tip-over risk to young children. This is the second ST...

06/04/2024

Unstable dressers are particularly risky for curious toddlers, as they often open multiple dresser drawers or attempt to climb or sit in a drawer.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of a line of children’s dressers sold by Rooms To Go, marking the first recall under the STURDY Act (Stop Tip-Overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act) since the act took effect in September 2023. The recall involves...

03/08/2024

There were 79 fatalities across all ages associated with tip-overs of chests, bureaus and dressers from Jan. 1, 2013 through July 31, 2023.

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 wi...

02/13/2024

The CPSC says nearly 18,000 people are hurt in tip-over incidents every year.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says it's not just kids being hurt by furniture that tips over. The report also says there are ways to avoid the danger.

02/07/2024

Alan Feldman: “The restraint kits that parents place their trust in to ensure that the dresser in their child’s bedroom will not tip over must be manufactured with durable and dependable materials.”

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 “ca...