by CPSC says units do not meet the requirements of the STURDY Act and thus pose a danger to children and others
WASHINGTON — In the past two and a half weeks, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced five separate recalls involving another 119,200 clothing storage units that pose a tip-over and entrapment risk to children.
This is nearly twice the number of units the agency had recalled for the first 10 months of the year, or as of Oct. 2, according a Home News Now review of CPSC recall data.
In each case involving the most recent recalls, no injuries were reported. However, the CPSC notes that each of the items recalled violated the mandatory federal standard as required by the STURDY (Stop Tip-Overs of Risky Dressers on Youth Act), which took effect in September 2023.
There was one report of a chest tipping over. This involved the WLIVE 12-drawer chest, featuring fabric drawer construction, which sold on Amazon from September 2023 through August 2025 for about $83.
Published on the CPSC website on Oct. 16, this also represented the largest number of items recalled at 76,500, or just over 64% of the total number of units recalled since that date. It was made in China by Jiangsu Pengcheng Weiye Furniture Co. Ltd.
Another WLIVE chest with 16 drawers and also featuring fabric drawer construction was recalled Oct 30. Made by Jiangsu Zhi Pai Furniture Manufacturing Co. Ltd., of China, it sold on Amazon from September 2023 through August 2025 for about $100. Some 34,730 of these units were recalled.
Note: The CPSC announced a recall of a 15-drawer version of the WLIVE chest featuring fabric drawers in early July. It also was sold on Amazon.
The YaFiti 12-drawer chest, also featuring fabric drawer construction, was recalled on Oct. 30. Made by Xuzhou Mingquanhe Household Co. Ltd. of China, it also sold on Amazon from September 2023 through September 2025 for about $95. Some 6,880 of these units were recalled.
On Oct. 16, the CPSC also recalled 700 AOWOS 12-drawer dressers. Made by Shenzhen Shuanglong Home Furnishing Co. Ltd., of China, these were sold on Walmart.com from September 2023 through August 2025 for about $90. They too feature 12 collapsing fabric drawers of different sizes, the CPSC said.
And on Oct. 23, the CPSC announced the recall of 410 Bealife five-drawer chests that were made in Vietnam and imported by Shenzhen Quanyuanfa Trading Co. Ltd., dba Bealife, of China. They sold on Amazon from June 2025 through August 2025 for about $76.
Home News Now has reached out to Amazon and Walmart for comment and neither company has responded to its specific questions involving the recalls. Neither company responded to a previous request for comment for an earlier story the publication did on the recall of clothing storage units this year, many of which were sold online.
The issue poses a safety risk for children in particular as they are prone to climbing on such units to reach something in a higher drawer or on the top of the case piece. Between Jan. 31, 2013, and July 31, 2023, there have been 217 reported fatalities involving furniture, TVs and appliances. Some 155 or 71% of the incidents involved children under age 18. Fifty-six, or 25% of the incidents, involved people age 60 and older, and six fatalities or 3% of the total involved those ages 18-59.
According to CPSC data, 100, or 46% of the fatalities, involved only furniture tipping over, 49, or 23% of the fatalities, involved only a television, 54 or 25% of the fatalities involved furniture and a TV tipping over, and 15 deaths, or 17% of the total, were related to the tip-over of an appliance such as a refrigerator or stove/oven.
From 2020 to 2022, the CPSC said there have been an estimated annual average of 17,800 emergency department-treated injuries relating to tip-over incidents. Of these, children under 18 years old suffered 7,800 or 44% of the injuries, while adults ages 18-59 suffered 5,700, or 32% of the injuries, and seniors ages 60 and over suffered 4,200 or 24% of the injuries.
Of the injuries, 14,500, or 82% of the incidents, involved furniture, 2,600 or 15% only involved a television and 600 or 3% only involved an appliance.
There were 6,400 estimated annual average number of ED-treated injuries involving furniture that impacted children under 18. Some 2,400, or 38% of the incidents, involved a table; 1,800 or 28% involved a chest, bureau or dresser; 1,000 or 16% involved shelving including a shelving unit or bookcase; and 1,200 or 18% involved all other furniture, including cabinets and stands.
Editor’s note: For retailers and suppliers who have questioned how tip-over related recalls pertain to them, we’ll answer this as a question: Do you want your products or the products you sell to cause the injury or death of a child? If not, what are you doing to make sure your furniture is safe for children and others? Please feel free to reach out with your thoughts on this subject to tom@homenewsnow.com.
