EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Children's high-chair Louwen Houtbewerking — risk: injuries, strangulation
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1602/16
Summary
null The chair is sold without a restraint system and the child could fall off the chair and suffer fractures or severe head injury. When the separately sold restraint system is installed, the leg openings are too large and the child could pass both legs through them and slide out, with the risk of chest or head entrapment, leading to strangulation. Moreover, the high-chair is not sufficiently stable and could…
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Product
Children's high-chair — Louwen Houtbewerking
- Brand
- Louwen Houtbewerking
- Name / model
- Natural wood child chair +/- 58 cm high
- Batch number(s)
- Affected products have been manufactured from 2012 until 2016
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Wooden high chairs for children, approx. 58 cm high, available with seats in different colours. Sold without a restraint system, which can be ordered separately. The product is supplied in a cardboard box.
What is the risk?
- null The chair is sold without a restraint system and the child could fall off the chair and suffer fractures or severe head injury. When the separately sold restraint system is installed, the leg openings are too large and the child could pass both legs through them and slide out, with the risk of chest or head entrapment, leading to strangulation. Moreover, the high-chair is not sufficiently stable and could easily tip over, causing injuries to the child.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 14988.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 25/11/2016
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