ABSTRACT
Children continue to sustain serious injury from furniture tip-overs. The Human Factors and Ergonomics analyses presented here show that there are numerous ways to reduce or prevent injuries from tall furniture tipping over, usually when children try to use the drawers as steps to climb it. It is requisite that manufacturers and other sellers in the chain of commerce sell reasonably safe products that consumers can use without getting hurt. They need to identify hazards associated with the product's intended use and foreseeable misuse. Manufacturers of products should try to identify and control the hazards of their products in practical and feasible ways. The basic hazard control hierarchy provides guidance on injury reduction methods. There are a number of ways to reduce, or eliminate, the hazard of tall furniture being tipped over through design changes. Most design solutions revolve around increasing stability and derive from basic physics. Warning about the hazard is a main method of hazard control.
