Federal official commends Barrington Hills woman during Ikea recall announcement

While announcing how Ikea plans to recall 29 million chests and dressers that can easily tip over and trap children underneath, a top U.S. consumer safety official recognized a Barrington Hills woman for educating the public on unsafe children’s furniture.

In a statement and press conference last week about the Ikea recall, Elliot Kaye, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, referred to Lisa Siefert, a Barrington Hills resident whose 2-year-old son, Shane, was killed in March 2011 when a dresser tipped over and fell on him at home.

The accident didn’t involve furniture from Ikea. But she started Shane’s Foundation a year later, working with furniture manufacturers to make products safer, especially for children.

Read more from the Chicago Tribune here.  To visit the Shane’s Foundation website, click here.