IKEA Dressers Kill Third Child

[Melisscious]

We are announcing this recall today given the recent tragic death of a third child. It is clear that there are still unsecured products inw customers' homes, and we believe that taking further action is the right thing to do," the company said in a statement Monday.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/27/news...resser-recall/

[jerryvr]

So basically if you are too stupid to use the parts that come with the dresser to secure it to the wall even after IKEA provided an extra kit to do so, the dresser is unsafe and should be recalled?

[cleanskull]

I didn't know you had to screw them into the wall. Those little legs do make it look top heavy.

[JimC]

If they'd just invert the danged thing; problem solved.

And somebody get that dresser off of that child dressed like a sock puppet. That has got to hurt - a kid could suffocate like that.

[Domino]

If they'd just invert the danged thing; problem solved.

And somebody get that dresser off of that child dressed like a sock puppet. That has got to hurt - a kid could suffocate like that.

LOL. Damn that was funny. Who designs this crap?

[Drew]

Tall dresser ,no matter who makes them can fall forward if the lower drawers are pulled out at the same time....I had one very well made and but got rid of it because i did not want to bolt to a wall....

[luckyinlove]

I have one of these. No kids though so I think I'll be ok.

[JimC]

I have one of these. No kids though so I think I'll be ok.

Might not want to kneel in front of it dressed like a sock puppet while opening only the upper drawers.

Seems like they could make the legs a little shorter and maybe add some ballast to the bottom of it. Looks like those legs would force the center of gravity upwards. I thought I read somewhere that more like 8 kids had been killed or injured by these things. You'd think their product engineers\testers would have an idea that they would be prone to topple over under commonly encountered conditions.