The chests in both incidents were not secured to the walls behind them, the CPSC said.
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IKEA and the U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission are taking action over chests and dressers that have tipped over and killed small children. The kit contains replacement tip-over restraints for use by any consumer who has not secured their IKEA chest or dresser to the wall. The MALM 3 and 4 cabinet drawer dressers and 2 varieties of the MALM three cabinet dressers would be the totally focus of this very tip-over danger.
Consumers are asked to stop using all IKEA children’s chests and dressers taller than 23 ½ inches and adult chests and dressers taller than 29 ½ inches, unless they are securely anchored to the wall.
In February 2014, Ikea and CPSC received a report of a 2-year-old boy from West Chester, PA who died after a 6-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned him against his bed.
Two MALM chests tipped over crushing a two year old boy in Pennsylvania, and a 23 month old child in Snohomish, Washington State.
Around 7 million MALM chests and other IKEA dressers are part of the nationwide fix program. The kit includes hardware, instructions and warning labels.
Ikea and the CPSC said they had received 14 additional reports of Malm chests of drawers tipping over, resulting in four injuries.
The MALM chests targeted in the fix program were sold beginning in 2002 and are priced between $80 and $200.
To receive a free wall anchoring kit, you can visit Ikea’s website, call 888-966-4532, or go to an Ikea store. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard.
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On a Facebook page created in memorial of little Curren, a post thanked the CPSC for partnering with IKEA to offer the free kits to make dressers safer.
