IKEA MALM dresser kills two in 2014

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This dresser, the MALM, tipped over in two separate incidents last year in the US killing two toddlers.
Ikea recalls 27 million chests, dressers after two deaths

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It's like, you know you are supposed to latch this crap to a wall? Bookcases, dressers, cabinets, anything tippable and heavy.
 

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It's so easy to install. You have to put a wall anchor into your wall and you can't move your dresser around without detaching the strap.
I can't believe that IKEA didn't ship their furniture with a latch. Even, the other ghetto furniture makers (compressed wood crap furniture you buy at K-mart, Target and Wal-mart) include a safety strap.
 

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This dresser, the MALM, tipped over in two separate incidents last year in the US killing two toddlers.
Ikea recalls 27 million chests, dressers after two deaths

malm-drawer-chest__0107514_PE257196_S4.JPG



It's like, you know you are supposed to latch this crap to a wall? Bookcases, dressers, cabinets, anything tippable and heavy.

My whole apartment is IKEA furniture :lupe:.
iono about this dresser, but they explicitly say to attach tall pieces to the wall.
 

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I used to have that dresser

If I knew it were a murderer I would have had much more interesting conversations with it
 
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