Tragic injuries and deaths from furniture tip-overs are a safety epidemic across the nation, but families can significantly reduce the risk by properly anchoring dressers, televisions, and other items to walls.
On average, more than 5,000 people are injured each year in the U.S. when dressers or other clothing storage units tip and fall on them, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Nearly three-quarters of those injured are children. Include TV tip-overs and other furniture, and that number is even higher.