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Eight children died from ikea drawers falling on them.

8 / 29,000,000 = 0.00000028, or 0.000028%. Having a 99.999972% safety rate sounds pretty damn good to me. And as others have stated, they all come with wall anchors, most people just never both using them. I know I don't most of the time, because I don't buy the super tall ones and I'm not worried about the short ones.
 
Cycle61 said:
Still not that easy. I know you know this. That’s why there are engineering solutions like anchor straps and a childproof outlet covers. Because parents cannot be perfect in every moment, and a lot fewer kids die now from dumb shit than used to 50 years ago.
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i know it's not easy. kids climb and do shit you tell them not to, that's part of life. How much regulation is excessive though. It's furniture ffs. I feel for these families, i really do, but blaming the manufacturer in this case is excessive when you consider the dressers are being used in a way that they were not designed to be used. Now if they just fall over when you pull the drawers out then that's a design flaw that ikea needs to be held accountable for. If deaths resulted from proper use then by all means sue their butts off. If this issue is addressed by the instructions and the wall anchor is the fix then the only issue i see is that ikea drawers are shit. Not dangerous and not liable however if used as instructed.
 
I think we’re agreeing. The manufacturers have some basic level of responsibility to make their products as safe as reasonably possible, and it’s the parent’s responsibility to come up with a combination of safety measures like using the provided anti-tip straps and supervision.
 
Something can still be "used properly" to store things and still be loaded in a dangerously top-heavy way. Ie, they're not meant to have a 30 lb moving weight attached to the end of the drawer while it's pulled out. They're meant to support clothes and jewelry, not guns and ammo for example which weigh far more.
 
Cycle61 said:
I think we’re agreeing. The manufacturers have some basic level of responsibility to make their products as safe as reasonably possible, and it’s the parent’s responsibility to come up with a combination of safety measures like using the provided anti-tip straps and supervision.
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NorCalAthlete said:
Something can still be "used properly" to store things and still be loaded in a dangerously top-heavy way. Ie, they're not meant to have a 30 lb moving weight attached to the end of the drawer while it's pulled out. They're meant to support clothes and jewelry, not guns and ammo for example which weigh far more.
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that doesn't fall under proper use for me. If we're a society that needs to have "for clothing only" written into the instructions then so be it.
 
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