Product InspectionDresser recalls: tip-over hazards in CPSC notices
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Between 5 January 2023 and 8 October 2026, 57 CPSC recall notices mention the word "dresser," and 49 of them list China as the country of manufacture. Counted by this site from CPSC's recall data, the word "tip-over" appears in the hazard text of all 57 notices, and "entrapment" appears in the same 57.
How the notices were found
This site searched the CPSC recall data interface, the Recall web service, for notices in which the title, the product name or the hazard text contains "dresser." The search ignores capital letters and counts longer words that contain the word, such as plurals.
Each count is a number of notices. For a word search, the count is the number of notices that mention the word. It is not a number of products, injuries or recalls of one product type, and it is not an official CPSC category. This article does not group the notices by any CPSC category.
A notice counts as "made in China" when a country of manufacture in the notice starts with China. Hong Kong and Taiwan are not counted as China. Some notices name more than one country.
Notices by year
| Year | Notices mentioning the word | Made in China |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 25 | 22 |
| 2026, to 8 October | 29 | 26 |
| Total | 57 | 49 |
Counting starts on 5 January 2023. The 2026 row stops at 8 October 2026 and is not a full year.
Hazard words in the notices
| Word | Notices (of the total) | Made in China (of the China total) |
|---|---|---|
| tip-over | 57 of the 57 | 49 of 49 |
| entrapment | 57 of the 57 | 49 of 49 |
| death | 56 of the 57 | 48 of 49 |
| injury | 56 of the 57 | 48 of 49 |
One notice can contain several of these words, so the rows cannot be added up. This is a word count made by this site, not CPSC's classification of hazards.
What the notices say
The quotes below are copied word for word from the hazard text of each notice. They are listed newest first, and they are chosen to show different wording of the hazard.
- Notice No. 27020, 8 October 2026: "The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standards as required by the STURDY Act."
- Notice No. 26726, 27 August 2026: "The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risk of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standard as required by the STURDY Act."
- Notice No. 25293, 22 May 2025: "The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the performance requirements of the STURDY Act because they can tip over with fewer than 60 pounds applied horizontally, and the dressers also fail to meet the labeling requirements of the STURDY Act."
- Notice No. 25202, 27 March 2025: "The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards, and the two additional metal support legs also present tripping hazards. The dressers violate performance and warning label requirements of the STURDY Act."
The notices refer to a federal safety standard for clothing storage units. This article quotes that wording only as the notices give it.
Using the wording in a checklist
The hazard wording can be turned into items in inspection instructions. For example, an item can ask whether a dresser is anchored to the wall, as the notices describe. The same wording can also be turned into tests in a test plan.
An on-site inspection can check what is visible on a unit. It does not show that a product meets a federal standard. That is shown by testing to that standard. This article names no test or standard beyond the STURDY Act, which the notices themselves name.
What the counts do not tell you
- The counts are of notices. They are not counts of products, and they do not give the number of units involved.
- The word "death" in the hazard text is what the notice states as a hazard. It is not a count of incidents or injuries.
- The 2026 row stops at 8 October 2026 and cannot be compared with a full year.
- The CPSC handles consumer products, so these notices say nothing about other kinds of goods or about imports as a whole.
- The notice on cpsc.gov is the authoritative text for each recall.
Questions people ask
How many recall notices mention dressers?
The data show 57 CPSC recall notices dated 5 January 2023 to 8 October 2026 that mention "dresser" in the title, product name or hazard text. Of these, 49 list China as the country of manufacture. These counts were made by this site from CPSC's recall data.
Do the notices mention tip-over?
In the word count made by this site, 57 of the 57 notices contain "tip-over" in their hazard text. Of the 49 notices made in China, 49 contain it.
Sources
- CPSC recall data interface (Recall web service), all recalls from 1 January 2023, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Checked 11 October 2026.
This page is an unofficial summary and is not affiliated with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; the official text on cpsc.gov governs.