Vanguard Furniture Recalls Bow Front Chests of Drawers for Tip-Over Hazards
Vanguard Furniture is recalling Bow Front chests of drawers due to serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly states the hazard can result in death or injuries to children, which aligns with the rubric criteria for Severe (4) involving significant injury reports or structural defects posing serious risk.
Plain-English summary
Vanguard Furniture Company Inc. is recalling Bow Front chests of drawers from the Compendium Collection. The recalled products are eight-drawer beech-wood chests with primavera veneers, finished in various custom colors. Each chest weighs 250 pounds and measures 36 inches high by 20 inches deep by 75 inches wide. Tip restraint kits were included with each unit.
The recall is due to serious tip-over and entrapment hazards. The chests are unstable if not anchored to the wall, posing a risk of death or injuries to children. The products do not comply with the performance requirements of the U.S. voluntary industry standard ASTM F2057-14. No injuries have been reported.
About 170 units were sold at furniture stores nationwide from August 2015 to February 2017 for between $4,200 and $4,400. Consumers should immediately stop using any recalled chests that are not properly anchored to the wall and place them in an area that children cannot access. Vanguard Furniture is contacting all known purchasers directly to provide a free, in-home installation of a repair to prevent the risk of a tip-over.
The recalled product
- Product
- Bow Front chest of drawers
- Category
- Consumer Product — Furniture
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 170
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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