CPSC Recall in 2014: IKEA Reannounces and Expands Recall of Children's Wall-Mounted Lamps Due to Strangulation Hazard

Updated on January 18, 2026.

See the recall details below. You can also see similar information for other consumer product recalls in 2014.

Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 14-161

Date: April 29, 2014

Product Name: Children's wall-mounted lamps

Recall Description:

Children can get tangled and strangle in the lamp's cord.

Hazard Description:

Children can get entangled in the electrical cord that hangs from the children's wall-mounted lamps, posing a strangulation hazard.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Repair

Units: About 3.5 million in the United States, 1.4 million in Canada, 30.2 million worldwide (This reannouncement includes IKEA children's lamps in the firm's previous recall in December 2013 and expands the number and types of lamps.)

Incidents:

A 15-month-old baby became entangled in the TASSA NATT lamp's cord and nearly strangled. This incident, and the death of a 16-month-old baby who died after getting entangled in the SMILA lamp's cord, were reported in the previous recall. In both incidents, which occurred in Europe, the lamp cord was pulled into the crib by the infants.

Sold At:

IKEA stores nationwide, in IKEA's catalog and online at www.ikea-usa.com from May 1984 to April 2014 for between $5 and $30.

Manufactured In:

United States, Lithuania and China