Safety

Bassett strives to produce safe home furnishings so they can be enjoyed without worry. We are also obsessed about safety in the workplace. If new standards of safety are developed, we are quick to adopt the new standards for the sake of our customers and employees. There is no compromise.

Furniture + Tipping

Bassett knows that the home can be your kid’s playground. Unsecured TVs and furniture have the potential to be hidden hazards in a family's home and sadly, children have died from furniture tip over. To reduce the risk of furniture tip over, here are some simple tips and tricks to ensure that your furniture and tech plays well with others:

~ Purchase clothing storage units that complies to the latest national and international standards of furniture safety, which include tipping standards STURDY ACT aligned F2057-23 and ASTM F3096-23.” Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (Sturdy) Act is a mandatory stability standard to help stop tip-overs. ASTM International F2057-23 follows the stability requirements of Sturdy and ASTM International F3096 is a mandatory performance standard for furniture anti-tip devices. Compliance standard warning labels can be found attached to furniture pieces that follow these standards.
~ Always install the anti-tip device provided with your product.
~ Place TVs on furniture that is designed to hold a television, such as television stands or media centers and push the TV far back as possible.
~ Don't allow children to stand, climb or hang on any drawers, doors or shelves.
~ Remove items that might tempt kids to climb, such as toys or remote controls, from the top of furniture.
~ Store heavier items on lower shelves or in lower drawers. Bassett includes tip restraints with all clothing storage units. These tip restraints are all included - we don't think you should pay extra for safety.

Bassett includes tip restraints with all clothing storage units. These tip restraints are all included - we don't think you should pay extra for safety.

Compliance

Bassett product also complies with all of the latest national standards of furniture safety at the date of production. Currently these include:

~ ASTM F3096-23 and F2057-23 tipping standards. These regulations are intended to reduce injuries and deaths of children from hazards associated with tip-over of free-standing clothing storage units. They include but are not limited to chests, chests of drawers, drawer chests, armoires, chifferobes, bureaus, door chests, and dressers, 27 inches and above in height. The standards mean that during the test, the unit shall not tip over or be supported by any component unless that component was specifically designed for that purpose.. This consumer safety standard attempts to limit the hazards linked with these products. These are mandatory standards with the American Society for Testing and Materials.Note that your product may meet a previous standard, depending on the product's production date.
~ Harper’s Law - this requires that retailers in the state of New York who sell certain new furniture offer for sale compatible tip restraint devices and post a notice informing consumers of the risk of furniture tipping. Bassett includes these for free on that product, and includes instilation instructions on the physical product.

California Proposition 65 Warnings

Outdoor Woven furniture

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Acetaldehyde which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Wood furniture

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde or Naphthalene which are known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Upholstered furniture, Top of bed, accent pillows, and rugs

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including N,N-dimethylformamide which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Outdoor Aluminum furniture

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Nickel which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Outdoor concrete furniture

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Hexavalent Chromium which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Outdoor wooden furniture

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Outdoor upholstered furniture

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including acetaldehyde which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Cast & Forge knobs and pulls, lighting, and mirrors

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Lead which is known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to https://www.p65warnings.ca.gov/products/furniture-products

Wall Art/Wall Décor, cutting boards

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