In 2016, IKEA recalled 17.3 million dressers, acknowledging that most of its bureaus did not meet the furniture industry’s stability test, which is meant to make sure that a dresser remains standing when pulled on by kids. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission also is investigating the mishap, a spokeswoman told the paper. “We cannot provide any additional comment at this time.” “We are currently reviewing the video involving the BRIMNES bookcase and need more time to get a better understanding of the details,” she said in a statement. IKEA spokeswoman Hanna Bengtsander told USA Today the company was aware of the incident and relieved that the kids were uninjured.
“And your mind obviously is going to go to the kids that aren’t fine.” As horrible as it is to watch it, I know the outcome was that they were fine,” she said. When she tugged at it, it too detached from the wall, she said. “I have to find somebody who can hear this story.”Īfter putting her twins back to bed, Oka said, she checked another IKEA secured bookcase - from the Billy line - in her 4-year-old son’s bedroom. “I was so mad and I was instantly like, I have to tell somebody,” Oka said. She and her husband rushed to get the bookcase off their kids, who were unharmed. “Dominic, drawer, drawer,” she said before the unit crashed, prompting Oka to glance at the baby monitor in horror. Her brother Dominic then joined her inside. The video captured 2-year-old Clara walking to the bookcase, pulling out the bottom drawer and climbing in. She said he screwed one bracket into a wall stud and the other, which did not align with a stud, into the drywall - and that unit appeared to be secure until June 3. Oka said her husband followed the instructions and used the two L-shaped brackets and screws provided by the company, which instructs customers to select their own wall fasteners. The tall, slim unit - which has two drawers at the bottom and four shelves - is part of a line that includes three dressers that were included in a 2016 recall, USA Today reported. “My babies could have died,” Oka told USA Today. The chilling footage shows the couple’s twins climbing on the bookcase, which tipped over after the anchoring brackets separated from the particleboard unit. Oka and her husband were aware of a spate of incidents involving the Swedish furniture giant’s products - leading to the deaths of at least 10 children - so they followed the instructions and secured the BRIMNES bookcase to the wall, the paper reported. It felt like a very real thing that could happen to me,” Nicole Oka told USA Today in describing the chilling incident on June 3. “I remember being so afraid of this happening. Harrowing baby-cam video captured the moment an IKEA bookcase tipped, despite being anchored, and toppled onto 2-year-old California twins who miraculously escaped injury, according to a report. Ikea plans to cut prices despite high inflation Ikea monkey's fate revealed 10 years after he went viral IKEA shoppers shocked as man walks 'human dogs' in store IKEA spending over $2B to open more US stores in biggest investment ever
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