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Product Recall Number: 17-223

Why was Room Essentials 4-drawer dressers recalled?

The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children.

Room Essentials 4-drawer dressers
Here's product recall specific data for Room Essentials 4-drawer dressers.

  • Product Recall Number: 17-223

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2017-09-13

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Room Essentials 4-drawer dressers

  • Description: This recall involves Room Essentials 4-drawer dressers sold in three colors. The dressers measure 41 7/8 inches tall by 31 ½ inches wide by 15 11/16 inches deep. Model number 249-05-0103 (black), 249-05-0106 (espresso), or 249-05-0109 (maple) is printed on the product’s packaging.

  • Hazard Description: The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 175,000 (in addition, about 3,000 units were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: The firm has received 12 reports of dressers tipping or collapsing, including tipping over on two three-year-old children. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dresser that is not properly anchored to the wall and place it into an area that children cannot access. Consumers should return the recalled dresser to any Target store for a full refund.

  • Sold At: Target stores nationwide and online at Target.com from January 2013 through April 2016 for about $118.

  • Importers: Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn.

  • Manufactured In: Denmark

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed