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Nearly 1000 Australia ns are badly injured each year as a result of unsteady wardrobes, shelves, drawers and TV units — and in the last 24 years, 28 people have died. Now, furniture suppliers are required by new consumer laws to ensure a number of steps are taken to mitigate further deaths as a result of toppling furniture in Australia .
The new toppling furniture information standard will require suppliers to attach a permanent warning label to furniture, and to include safety information and advice about anchoring furniture in manuals and assembly instructions. It will also require suppliers to provide warnings about the hazards of toppling furniture in furniture stores and online. For businesses at fault, the maximum penalty for breaching the standard is $50 million.
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