Consumer Advice – Toppling Information

Australian Consumer law and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have implemented new legislation to increase awareness with the risks associated of toppling furniture, by warning consumers to anchor furniture to prevent furniture tip overs, serious injury or fatalities.

 

This new information Consumer Goods (Toppling Furniture) Information Standard 2024 (the Mandatory Information Standard) compliance for retailers, suppliers and manufacturers with this standard is compulsory and takes full effect from 4 May 2025,. https://www.productsafety.gov.au/business/search-mandatory-standards/toppling-furniture-mandatory-standard.

 

 

Specific warnings and information

 WARNING:

  •  Children have died from furniture tip over
  • ALWAYS secure this furniture with an anchor device
  • NEVER allow children to stand, climb or hang on drawers, or shelves
  • ALWAYS secure your television with an anchor device
  • This is a permanent label. Do not remove.

To prevent furniture from tipping over it is strongly recommended that you secure relevant furniture  to a wall or other solid surface, using an anchoring device such as straps, brackets or cables

 A warning label has been placed on relevant furniture

  • Given the variety of wall types, anchoring systems will vary.
  • Hardware stores have a range of anchoring products to

choose from.

  • Woods Furniture recommend asking your local hardware store for anchoring system advice and suitability.

 

Anchoring Guidance

 Walls are constructed from different materials, for example, studded plaster board walls, masonry or steel etc.  It is important that you use the appropriate wall fixings for your wall type to anchor these products.

 

Image 2: Examples of anchoring devices www.nra.net.au

Contact:
Woods Furniture Pty. Ltd              
564 Geelong Road, Brooklyn
Victoria. 3012                                                                                                    
1800 004 500
www.woodsfurniture.com.au

 

Resources:

  1. https://www.legislation.gov.au/
  2. Consumer Goods (Toppling Furniture) Information Standard 2024
  3. Australian Compensation Council (ACCC) https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/new-laws-to-increase-awareness-of-the-dangers-of-toppling-furniture.
  4. Australian Furniture Association (AFA) https://australianfurniture.org.au
  5. National Retail Association (NRA) nra.net.au

 

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