Ikea tables
19 reports to CPSC, the latest made Sep 10, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Nov 4, 2026.
- 19reports to CPSC
- Sep 10, 2025the latest report was made
- May 9, 2012the earliest
- 18with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Ikea
- Maker
- IKEA North America Services, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- TablesNot baby changing tables or pool tablesCPSC’s product type: Tables (Excl. Baby Changing Tables, Billiard or Pool Tables (code 4057), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Furniture
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1 |
| February 2024 | 1 |
| July 2021 | 1 |
| October 2019 | 1 |
| October 2018 | 1 |
| August 2018 | 1 |
| June 2018 | 1 |
| November 2017 | 1 |
| April 2016 | 1 |
| December 2015 | 1 |
| September 2015 | 1 |
| June 2014 | 1 |
| September 2013 | 1 |
| July 2013 | 1 |
| February 2013 | 1 |
| September 2012 | 1 |
| July 2012 | 2 |
| May 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- First aid 5 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
- Hurt, no treatment 5 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
- No one hurt 9 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.
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First aid Made Sep 10, 2025, sent to the company Sep 15, 2025, published by CPSC Nov 18, 2025
The product, in the report: Ikea GLASHOLM / LERBERG Table glass, fingerprint pattern gray
Ikea GLASHOLM / LERBERG Table glass fingerprint pattern gray on 2 mittback trestle legs suddenly shattered and exploded sending glass shards cause laceration and embedded shards on right arm and leg
- Model
- Unknown
- UPC
- Unknown
- Serial number
- Unknown
- Bought from
- Ikea.com
- Bought
- Jul 4, 2015, about then
- Where
- SAN DIEGO, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 42, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Friend /
Neighbor / Co-worker - As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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First aid Made Feb 7, 2024, sent to the company Feb 26, 2024, published by CPSC Mar 18, 2024
The product, in the report: 5’ & 6’ foot glass with metal frame (3 piece + corners of glass) Can’t measure glass all over [ILLEGIBLE] hardwood floor seal can’t step on. Another table as part of the [ILLEGIBLE] exploded prior. The exploded glass remains at the side of my home outside from other table part of same [ILLEGIBLE].
1/27/2024: One of the 2 remaining glass tables exploded in her home, spontaneously. The table was only used for Christmas desserts back in December 2023, but it was not used any other time.
The consumer heard a sound like a bomb and the tablecloth flew off the table, and glass flew everywhere. There was no heat source near the table. She sustained lacerations to her feet, while walking on the glass.
Plates that were sitting on the table were thrown across the room and landed near the refrigerator. The consumer was in the kitchen and the refrigerator door prevented glass from hitting her directly. Glass also spread to her foyer. This did not break in the fashion that safety glass does, but broke into thick pieces and small pieces, some of which she removed from her feet with tweezers.
A few years ago, the glass on 1 of the 3 tables exploded and flew across the room and even up on windowsills in her home. She continued to find broken pieces of glass for months/years after that incident.
The consumer reported this initial incident to the dealer, but they did not respond or offer any follow up on this matter. Ikea did not reimburse + don’t provided replacement [ILLEGIBLE] calls. I still have that glass on the side of my home in a container.
The consumer is afraid to move the 3rd table because of the potential safety hazard.
She saw other reports on-line with this same manufacturer’s brand of tables.
- Bought from
- Ikea
- Bought
- Jan 15, 2019
- Where
- Canton, Michigan: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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No one hurt Made Jul 21, 2021, sent to the company Jul 23, 2021, published by CPSC Aug 13, 2021
The product, in the report: IKEA Glivarp table, clear glass/chrome legs
The lower two glass panels on my Ikea Glivarp table shattered out of the blue. This table is the clear glass/chrome leg version not covered by the recall.
- Model
- Glivarp
- Where
- United States: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 49, Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Oct 23, 2019, sent to the company Oct 31, 2019, published by CPSC Nov 15, 2019
The product, in the report: IKEA Hemnes Nighstand (2 drawers) in White
My one year old opened both drawers of the Hemnes nightstand (the one with two drawers) and the entire thing tipped forward on top of her and pinned her down. She had only gently nudged the drawer but it slid forward with some force adding to the weight. She sustained bruising on both of her legs. I had read about a recall to Ikea dressers but there was no mention of safety concerns with their nightstands.
- Model
- Hemnes
- Bought from
- Ikea West Covina
- Bought
- Nov 1, 2013, about then
- Where
- Unspecified: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 1, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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First aid Made Oct 18, 2018, sent to the company Oct 26, 2018, published by CPSC Nov 9, 2018
The product, in the report: Ikea Glass Top Coffee Table w/Rod Iron Base and under lattice shelf.
Our Ikea glass top coffee table exploded while we were watching the Red Sox Tuesday night. I will be happy to attach photos if someone contacts me. We purchased the table in Manchester England in the year 2000. We loved the table! I have notified Ikea via their costumer service email. This is an extremely dangerous occurrence. Had we been closer, or our dog had been in the room, no doubt there could have been severe injuries or worse.
After the incident, we googled exploding glass and found your link in a New York Post report from November 2017.
This is very serious. Please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will provide you with photos of the aftermath.
Sincerely, [REDACTED]
- Bought from
- Ikea
- Where
- South Dennis, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 56, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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Hurt, no treatment Made Aug 22, 2018, sent to the company Aug 30, 2018, published by CPSC Sep 14, 2018
The product, in the report: Believe it is the glasholm glass desktop from IKEA
IKEA glass desktop spontaneously Exploded during the night. My cat cut her paw, my laptop and several other items on my desk were damaged, and I’m picking out shards of glass from my foot. This looks to be a reoccurring issue with this product according to media accounts yet IKEA has failed to issue a recall on the product. I’m consider myself incredibly lucky not to have been sitting at or near the desk when it exploded as no Doubt I would have maimed by the exploding glass.
- Model
- Glasholm desk
- Bought from
- Ikea, California
- Bought
- Aug 16, 2017, about then
- Where
- San diego, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Other Relative
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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First aid Made Jun 16, 2018, sent to the company Jun 25, 2018, published by CPSC Jul 10, 2018
The product, in the report: Frosted glass table top/desk (very similar to model Glasholm #303.537.45. Size about 39”. 4 legs (Adils #702.179.73) bright pink.
Owned an Ikea table top/desk (39” glass with 4 legs bought separately). About 6 years old. Slid one side away from the wall on carpeting to reach computer wires behind it. Slid it back towards the wall and it exploded into a million pieces. Laptop fell directly down to the floor. Table legs went in different directions. I was stunned and shocked. Stood there staring at the mess and listening to the glass still crackling after it was on the ground. Looked down and noticed blood coming from my shin on left leg, top of my foot on right leg and gash between toes on right foot.
- Model
- Glasholm (exact model no longer on website or catalog)
- UPC
- Idon’t know
- Serial number
- I don’t know
- Bought from
- Ikea
- Bought
- Mar 1, 2012, about then
- Where
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 62, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- Reports CPSC links to it
- 20180611-2F586-2147387421
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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First aid Made Nov 17, 2017, sent to the company Nov 27, 2017, published by CPSC Dec 18, 2017
The product, in the report: Ikea Glasholm Tabletop - White The article number may be, 299.037.63
I have an Ikea Glasholm Desk that I have been using for light home use since late 2014. I was attempting to move the desk a few feet over in my carpeted bedroom when the desktop shattered in my hands. The glass ended up cutting my finger, shards got stuck in my wall, and glass went everywhere. I hadnot even had time to pull it over or put much force on it at all when the top shattered. The website states that the glass top can hold up to 50 kg, or 110 pounds. I have never put more than 30 pounds on the desk and had removed my [REDACTED] (which would be the heaviest item) before attempting to move the desk. There is a warning on the Ikea website where they sell the desk that it could shatter if gets bumped, but I have never bumped the desk, and that warning was not something I saw 3 years ago when purchasing the desk. I’ve also seen other reports that these desks are randomly shattering on their own as well. This is a safety hazard and I could have been stabbed by the glass shards or been cut up even more. Please be aware.
- Model
- Glasholm
- Bought from
- Ikea, Costa Mesa, California
- Where
- Huntington Beach, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 33, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
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No one hurt Made Apr 28, 2016, sent to the company May 5, 2016, published by CPSC May 26, 2016
The product, in the report: IKEA GRANAS DINING TABLE
IKEA GRANAS DINING TABLE - after about 8 years of use, the glass top shattered without warning. Room temperature was 65 degrees F, very little was on the table, it was not in use and no one was near it.
- Model
- GRANAS
- UPC
- N/
A - Serial number
- N/
A - Bought from
- IKEA
- Bought
- Apr 2, 2008, about then
- Where
- Palo Alto, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Dec 15, 2015, sent to the company Dec 23, 2015, published by CPSC Jan 19, 2016
The product, in the report: Ikea glass table top desk
Two years ago I purchased a glass table top desk from Ikea. Last evening the glass table top spontaneously broke, shattering into a million pieces and sending everything to the floor. Unfortunately I was at my desk was barefoot at the time and sustained injuries from glass shards in my feet. I had used this desk for two years prior without incident, nothing hot or heavy was placed on the desk when it happened, and it seemed to happen out of the blue.
- Bought from
- Ikea San Diego
- Where
- Conifer, Colorado: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 41, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No one hurt Made Sep 1, 2015, sent to the company Sep 10, 2015, published by CPSC Sep 24, 2015
The product, in the report: VITTSJÖ Laptop table, black-brown, glass. 39 3/8x14 1/8 “
I have a glass laptop table from IKEA, that was used as decoration in a guest room on our second floor. It’s been in the room for over 2 years and never used. While my wife was on the first floor, watching tv, she hear a loud boom. Worried it was an intruder, she hesitated, but went to look cautiously. When she investigated, she noticed the glass top of the desk had exploded all over the room, about 5 feet from the desk. Small pieces were farther out, while larger chunks fell straight down. There was no one in the room, nor any animals, as the door is closed. No one was hurt, but it was startling and scary. We took pictures, and plan to clean up the glass carefully.
- Model
- VITTSJÖ Laptop table, article number 802.213.52
- Bought from
- IKEA, Texas
- Bought
- Jun 6, 2013
- Where
- McKinney, Texas: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jun 27, 2014, sent to the company Jul 9, 2014, published by CPSC Jul 30, 2014
The product, in the report: Glasholm/Oddvald Glass Table Top Pattern - Black Butterfly and Flowers on Clear Glass Background Size - @58x28
Glass Desk Top spontaneously shattered.
- Model
- Glasholm/
Oddvald Glass Table Top - Bought from
- Ikea USA, North Carolina
- Bought
- Jun 1, 2012, about then
- Where
- Unspecified: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Sep 25, 2013, sent to the company Oct 21, 2013, published by CPSC Nov 4, 2013
The product, in the report: Kitchen table (model 20692) with metal chrome plated legs with a clear tempered glass (41.375” diameter) top weighing perhaps 60 lbs (estimated). It was held in place by gravity on soft plastic pads glue to the metal chrome – plated frame and legs – i.e., the top was not latched to the frame. The table is made in China by Salmi (apparently a vender for Ikea) and is still sold today by Ikea. An image of the table can be viewed on the Ikea web site: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70102298/
Several years ago we purchased a kitchen table and four matching chairs from the Ikea Store in West Chester, Ohio.
This table is made by Salmi (apparently a vender of the Ikea company) and is still sold today. It is designated as model 20692 and can be viewed on the Ikea web site:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70102298/
As can be seen in the image the TABLE TOP is clear tempered glass (41.375” diameter) and this TOP weights perhaps 60 lbs (estimated).
The top is held in place by only gravity, resting on soft plastic pads glued to the metal chrome – plated frame and legs – i.e., the top was not latched to the frame.
This table functioned well for several years but last Monday (September 23, 2013) it “exploded” – with considerable force and sound – sending small jagged bits of glass up to 12 feet from the center of the table. There is no way to estimate the number of glass shards (mostly approximately 0.25” X0.25” rectangular bits) but there were hundreds of thousands (literally) of them. The covered the entire kitchen floor some were found on the dining room carpet over 12 feet from the original center of the table. Most of these shards had extremely sharp jagged sides and edges. They were extremely difficult to clean up safely.
As luck would have it I had just passed by the table as was standing within 6 ft of the table but was behind a “kitchen island” and did not get hit with glass – but I believe anyone in line of the glass trajectory would have been cut – perhaps seriously.
I was not looking at the table at the time of explosion so I can not describe it other than to say it sounded like gun shot or a large fire cracker.
We attempted to call Ikea and report the problem and were immediately told that the table was “out of warranty” but that we could buy a new top from Ikea. We have no interest in another such table top.
We persisted and insisted that we wanted to report it as a safety concern to Ikea -- at this point we routed for desk to desk (each time with a long hold times) after about 4 or 5 transfers the phone would go dead. We redialed and the same thing happened -- a series of transfers then the phone disconnected. But calls to Ikea lasted more than 20 minutes before the phone disconnected. It seemed like a pattern and if you read the internet you find many making this same complaint.
Clearly there seems to be no person, nor does there seem to be a procedure at the Ikea company for addressing safety issues with their products thus we have filed this report. Their headquarters are in the Netherlands but the are a Swedish company.
- Model
- Model 20692
- UPC
- not known
- Serial number
- not known
- Bought from
- Ikea Store, Ohio
- Bought
- Mar 1, 2009, about then
- Where
- Cincinnati, Ohio: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 68, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Jul 31, 2013, sent to the company Aug 8, 2013, published by CPSC Aug 22, 2013
The product, in the report: Round conference table. Approx 4’ diameter glass table top. Bottom is gray metal; contemporary design. Model: SALMI Table, glass, chrome plated $129.00 Article Number: 701.022.98
An 8-year old round glass conference table (purchased at IKEA) in the office of our president suddenly exploded yesterday. It shook the whole office and employees thought that the roof had fallen in. There was little on the table and it had not been damaged in any way. There were two people in the room, but fortunately neither was hurt. I read on-line that “exploding” glass tables are not a rare occurence and that these should be reported to you. Had a small child been sitting at the table, an eye could have been taken out, or the child could have been seriously injured in other ways.
- Model
- Round glass conference table
- Bought from
- IKEA, Virginia
- Bought
- Dec 15, 2004
- Where
- Richmond, Virginia: Other Public Property/
Office - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Feb 25, 2013, sent to the company Mar 7, 2013, published by CPSC Mar 28, 2013
The product, in the report: Ikea Galant Black Glass table top
2 Glass tops on desk shattered/exploded at the same time. Assembly was just finished and was moving them.
- Model
- Galant 898.612.08
- Bought from
- Ikea online
- Bought
- Feb 13, 2013
- Where
- Raleigh, North Carolina: Other
- Who was involved
- Age 35, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No one hurt Made Sep 27, 2012, sent to the company Oct 5, 2012, published by CPSC Oct 29, 2012
The product, in the report: It was a VIKA GLASHOLM from IKEA. It’s a floral pattern glass table top.
I purchased a glass table top and desk legs from IKEA roughly a year and 9 months ago. When I came home from work I found that the desk had non metaphorically exploded. The desk had shattered into thousands of tiny pieces and glass was everywhere. It happened in a 5 hour window between lunch and when I returned home from work that evening. The only objects on the desk were an LCD monitor(which is now broken), a set of speakers(not heavy ones), mouse ,keyboard, and random papers. There was nothing above the desk so I am sure no object fell on it. The desk was not scratched or damaged in any way that I was aware of. My entire living room is now covered in small shards of glass. The carpet is full of glass as well as some chairs and a few pairs of shoes. There was an inflatable work out ball beside the desk that was punctured by the explosion. It seems as though if I had been at the desk at the time of the explosion I very likely would have been injured in some way and at least absolutely terrified.
- Model
- VIKA GLASHOLM
- Bought from
- Ikea
- Bought
- Jan 8, 2011
- Where
- Champaign, Illinois: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 31, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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Hurt, no treatment Made Jul 30, 2012, sent to the company Aug 10, 2012, published by CPSC Aug 24, 2012
The product, in the report: Ikea TORSBY Dining table, chrome plated, glass white Article Number: 198.929.39 Length: 70 7/8 “ Width: 33 1/2 “ Height: 29 1/8 “ Length: 180 cm Width: 85 cm Height: 74 cm
This Ikea Torsby’s glass top shattered in the middle of night when everybody were sleeping (nobody was using it). The event resulted a massive damages on the items were on the table and occurred many minor injury on two people when cleaning it.
- Model
- 198.929.39
- Bought from
- Ikea store, California
- Bought
- Jan 1, 2009, about then
- Where
- San Francisco, California: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 25, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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No one hurt Made Jul 4, 2012, sent to the company Jul 31, 2012, published by CPSC Aug 14, 2012
The product, in the report: IKEA Galant table top, glass, used as study desk, no computer or other very heavy objects on top
The IKEA glass table top spontaneously exploded in my daughter’s room at 1:50 AM while she was sleeping. Glass pieces flew everywhere, including on top of the bed, which was about the same height as the table, making it evident that the glass top did not simply fall and shatter. Pieces of glass continued to explode even after they hit the ground. The legs and frame of the table were completely fine and still standing. IKEA Houston customer service claims that they have never heard of this problem before and that there is nothing wrong with their product. They refused to give a refund or exchange.
- Model
- Galant glass table top
- Serial number
- 80147282
- Bought from
- IKEA
- Bought
- Mar 2, 2012
- Where
- Houston, Texas: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made May 9, 2012, sent to the company May 17, 2012, published by CPSC Jun 15, 2012
The product, in the report: Glass Top Coffe Table
A glass top table suddenly exploded without warning during the early hours. It sounded like a gun shot and glass was shattered every where. There potentially could have been injury but luckily no one was. This was very disturbing and very unsafe.
- Bought from
- Ikea
- Where
- Raleigh, North Carolina: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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