New study says furniture tipping over sends thousands of children to hospital each year New study says furniture tipping over sends thousands of children to hospital each year 02:02 Dania Furniture is recalling a bookcase sold online and at its stores nationwide after an unanchored unit tipped over, killing a four-year-old child, the Boise, Idaho, company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. Dania Furniture said it had received the report of the child's death in August of 2023. A law mandating safety measures designed to prevent such tragedies took effect the following month.
Made in Italy, about 940 of the recalled bookcases were sold from November 2017 through February 2024 for about $370, the recall notice stated. Recalled Hayden Bookcase. U.
S. Consumer Product Safety Commission The recalled product contains six storage cubbies and is made of brown wood with three sliding white doors. The bookcase is 35.
5 inches wide, 16 inches deep and 73 inches tall. A label on the back has the SKU number LB2225/A. Households with the product should stop using it unless it is anchored to a wall, and unanchored units should be put in an area that children can't reach, the notice advised.
Recalled Hayden Bookcase label. U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission Owners of the bookcase should contact Dania Furniture to set up a free in-home installation of a tip-over restraint kit. The company is also offering to refund those who prefer to have the recalled bookcase picked.
