Sauder 419119 - Safety Precautions; Child Climbing and Play Hazards; TV Support Safety Guidelines; Shelf Overload Warnings

WARNING
Please use your furniture correctly and safely. Improper use can cause safety hazards,
or damage to your furniture or household items. Carefully read the following chart.
Look out for: What can happen: How to avoid the problem:
• Children climbing on furniture.
• A child may try to reach a toy or other object
by climbing on furniture.
• Children will play and be active near
the TV.
• Risk of injury or death.
• A child climbing on a piece of furniture can
make it top-heavy and cause it to tip over.
• A child playing with a TV can cause it to tip
over.
• Never allow children to climb on or play with
furniture.
• Do not place toys, food, etc. on the top shelves
or upper drawers. Children may try to climb to
reach them out of curiosity.
• Improper use of furniture to support TVs.
• Furniture designed for use with TVs will specify
the maximum weight rating and recommended
size of the TVs it will safely support.
• Risk of injury or death.
• TVs can be very heavy. Plus the weight and
location of the picture tube tends to make TVs
unbalanced and prone to tipping forward.
• Furniture items such as general-purpose utility
carts, tables, or dressers may become unstable
and tip if a TV is set on them.
• A TV must only be set on furniture specifi cally
designed to support a television.
• Never use a TV that exceeds the weight ratings
or size guidelines specifi ed for the furniture.
• Overloaded shelves. • Risk of injury.
• Top-heavy furniture can tip over.
• Overloaded shelves can break.
• Never exceed the weight limits shown in the
instructions.
• Work from bottom to top when loading
shelves.
• Place the heavier items on the lower shelves.
• Improperly moving furniture that is not
designed and equipped with casters.
• Furniture can tip over or break if improperly
moved.
• Physical injury. Furniture can be very heavy.
• Unload shelves from top to bottom before
moving the furniture.
• Do not push furniture, especially on a carpeted
fl oor. Have a friend help you lift the item and set
it in place.
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