IKEA recalls millions of chests and dressers following link to children’s deaths



Swedish furniture giant IKEA Group is “recalling nearly 36 million chests and dressers“ across northern America after they were linked to the deaths of six children.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the news, and warned that the furnishings can topple over, if they are not securely fastened to the wall.


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This is a C of G problem and nothing new. If the drawers, when full, are all opened the cabinet will fall forward. If you have ever working in an office with multi-drawer filing cabinets with no drawer interlock you will have experienced it!

I understand that the IKEA 'fix' is a retention lanyard screwed to the unit and the wall behind.

Common sense by the user should be the answer but since this is North America and class action lawsuits abound there is a duty of care issue and IKEA has to act. I have similar units in my hobby room that I secured simply to the wall using angel brackets.

Also coming to a European Union country soon...........

This is a C of G problem and nothing new. If the drawers, when full, are all opened the cabinet will fall forward. If you have ever working in an office with multi-drawer filing cabinets with no drawer interlock you will have experienced it!

I understand that the IKEA 'fix' is a retention lanyard screwed to the unit and the wall behind.

Common sense by the user should be the answer but since this is North America and class action lawsuits abound there is a duty of care issue and IKEA has to act. I have similar units in my hobby room that I secured simply to the wall using angel brackets.

Also coming to a European Union country soon...........

Yup, and 3 year old kids come with an abundance of common sense.

Yes, please do sue them after they provided you with wall fixing equipment, a clear instruction to fix it in BIG LETTERS in order to assure ( beyond the law ) that every precaution has been taken to protect your child. And they are still liable when the user neglects to read the instructions of usage. It' s the same thing as the old lady who sued Philips for not mentioning that drying your wet cat in the microwave is not a good idea, and the family that sued GM as their son died in a car accident ( caused by him by the way ). Guess what happened, the companies lost and had to settle, GOD BLESS AMERICA, they need all the blessings they can get, poor sods.............

As long as corporations decide how safe they need to make their products by multiplying the cost of killing someone by the odds that their product will kill someone, we need tort law and attorneys.

The pendulum has swung too far in the USA, but that's part of the balance. And there's insurance for that.

Funny thing, too. I bought fishing rods to import from China. and it was only the rods destined for Europe that had stickers warning not to fish in a lightning storm or get too close to power lines.

American rods? Nope... Apparently Americans already know better.

Edited June 29, 201610 yr by impulse

This is a C of G problem and nothing new. If the drawers, when full, are all opened the cabinet will fall forward. If you have ever working in an office with multi-drawer filing cabinets with no drawer interlock you will have experienced it!

I understand that the IKEA 'fix' is a retention lanyard screwed to the unit and the wall behind.

Common sense by the user should be the answer but since this is North America and class action lawsuits abound there is a duty of care issue and IKEA has to act. I have similar units in my hobby room that I secured simply to the wall using angel brackets.

Also coming to a European Union country soon...........

Yup, and 3 year old kids come with an abundance of common sense.

No, but a good parent should.

This is a C of G problem and nothing new. If the drawers, when full, are all opened the cabinet will fall forward. If you have ever working in an office with multi-drawer filing cabinets with no drawer interlock you will have experienced it!

I understand that the IKEA 'fix' is a retention lanyard screwed to the unit and the wall behind.

Common sense by the user should be the answer but since this is North America and class action lawsuits abound there is a duty of care issue and IKEA has to act. I have similar units in my hobby room that I secured simply to the wall using angel brackets.

Also coming to a European Union country soon...........

Yup, and 3 year old kids come with an abundance of common sense.

No, but a good parent should

Yes, please do sue them after they provided you with wall fixing equipment, a clear instruction to fix it in BIG LETTERS in order to assure ( beyond the law ) that every precaution has been taken to protect your child. And they are still liable when the user neglects to read the instructions of usage. It' s the same thing as the old lady who sued Philips for not mentioning that drying your wet cat in the microwave is not a good idea, and the family that sued GM as their son died in a car accident ( caused by him by the way ). Guess what happened, the companies lost and had to settle, GOD BLESS AMERICA, they need all the blessings they can get, poor sods.............

Lol, perhaps you should not educate yourself via the Internet regarding such matters.

The microwave law suit by the old-lady is internet lore. Make believe.

I used to represent GM. Although no one would have any clue about all the lawsuits in which GM was involved, I would be happy to look up the case to which you refer if it is a real case. I can envision someone being negligent and causing a relatively minor accident setting off an air bag that shoots a projectile into the skull of the driver and many other fact patterns that might fit what you describe. But alas, you provide zero facts or information making you appear woefully unintelligent if you can not envision a situation when a death is cause by a superseding, intervening cause having nothing to do with the negligence causing the accident.

This is a C of G problem and nothing new. If the drawers, when full, are all opened the cabinet will fall forward. If you have ever working in an office with multi-drawer filing cabinets with no drawer interlock you will have experienced it!

I understand that the IKEA 'fix' is a retention lanyard screwed to the unit and the wall behind.

Common sense by the user should be the answer but since this is North America and class action lawsuits abound there is a duty of care issue and IKEA has to act. I have similar units in my hobby room that I secured simply to the wall using angel brackets.

Also coming to a European Union country soon...........

Yup, and 3 year old kids come with an abundance of common sense.

No, but a good parent should

Lol, you apparently have not had kids . . .

This is a C of G problem and nothing new. If the drawers, when full, are all opened the cabinet will fall forward. If you have ever working in an office with multi-drawer filing cabinets with no drawer interlock you will have experienced it!

I understand that the IKEA 'fix' is a retention lanyard screwed to the unit and the wall behind.

Common sense by the user should be the answer but since this is North America and class action lawsuits abound there is a duty of care issue and IKEA has to act. I have similar units in my hobby room that I secured simply to the wall using angel brackets.

Also coming to a European Union country soon...........

Yup, and 3 year old kids come with an abundance of common sense.

Well I guess American kids must be awesome. My 3 year old was a dab hand with Lego Duplo blocks but I swear he could not assemble and install a 6 drawer dresser. I did however put drawer and cupboard locks on everything, and blanks in all the unused plug sockets and............oh never mind, maybe I was just being an over cautious softie, I will ask 2 of them as they have both made it to their 30's.

250 million americans have 36 mio ikea dressers, so 1 out of 7 americans have one.

Strange enough the Europeans don't have such accidents with the same dressers, so what do the americans do wrong?

Or is IKEA just scared for what happened to VW in the USA? There are also plenty of Japanese cars with dirty engines but for some reason they didn't sue them.

250 million americans have 36 mio ikea dressers, so 1 out of 7 americans have one.

Strange enough the Europeans don't have such accidents with the same dressers, so what do the americans do wrong?

Or is IKEA just scared for what happened to VW in the USA? There are also plenty of Japanese cars with dirty engines but for some reason they didn't sue them.

Just 'cause you don't read about it, doesn't mean it don't happen.

250 million americans have 36 mio ikea dressers, so 1 out of 7 americans have one.

Strange enough the Europeans don't have such accidents with the same dressers, so what do the americans do wrong?

Or is IKEA just scared for what happened to VW in the USA? There are also plenty of Japanese cars with dirty engines but for some reason they didn't sue them.

Just 'cause you don't read about it, doesn't mean it don't happen.

As a kid i also had big cabinets falling over me but that was all my own fault. No need to sue the manufacturer or carpenter for that. Later our wardrobes were all connected to the walls like they recommend.

Or maybe americans have more weight so dressers/wardrobes tumble over more easy? Or maybe they have wobbly floors in those wooden sheet houses or trailers?

It is strange though that especially americans have this issue. What about Canadians or Aussie's?

250 million americans have 36 mio ikea dressers, so 1 out of 7 americans have one.

Strange enough the Europeans don't have such accidents with the same dressers, so what do the americans do wrong?

Or is IKEA just scared for what happened to VW in the USA? There are also plenty of Japanese cars with dirty engines but for some reason they didn't sue them.

Just 'cause you don't read about it, doesn't mean it don't happen.

As a kid i also had big cabinets falling over me but that was all my own fault. No need to sue the manufacturer or carpenter for that. Later our wardrobes were all connected to the walls like they recommend.

Or maybe americans have more weight so dressers/wardrobes tumble over more easy? Or maybe they have wobbly floors in those wooden sheet houses or trailers?

It is strange though that especially americans have this issue. What about Canadians or Aussie's?

6.6 Million are being recalled in Canada.

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