This webinar originally took place on 24 May 2023.
Furniture tip-over accidents can be fatal, with more than 470 children in the United States (U.S.) having died from tip-overs since 2000. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), tip-overs also lead to an average of 22,500 emergency room-treated injuries each year.
Aiming to stop this kind of devastating accident, the STURDY Act (Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act) was passed by the U.S. Congress on 23 December 2022 to enforce safety regulations on free-standing clothing storage units.
On 19 April 2023, the CPSC Commissioners voted 3-1 to accept the staff proposal to adopt ASTM F2057-2023 as the mandatory safety standard for the clothing storage units (CSUs) along with repealing the final rule, promulgated by the CPSC in November 2022, on the Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units (CSUs).
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