EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Furniture
Folding chair Wild Forest — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0028/13
Summary
null The product poses a risk of injuries because it does not have sufficient mechanical strength and the seat fabric tears easily. The chair may therefore break during use causing the user to fall, with the possibility of the fingers being entrapped and crushed in the metal parts of the chair.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 581-1.
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Product
Folding chair — Wild Forest
- Brand
- Wild Forest
- Name / model
- Folding chair · article no. F14N
- Batch number(s)
- 6901245410682
- Category
- Furniture
- Folding camping chair with legs made of a circular steel pipe, diameter 16 mm. Metal details, joint with rivets, painted in black paint. The seat fabric is folded and sewn on supports. Seat dimensions: length 320 mm, width 230 mm, height 410 mm, weight 0.96 kg. The product is supplied in a polythene
What is the risk?
- null The product poses a risk of injuries because it does not have sufficient mechanical strength and the seat fabric tears easily. The chair may therefore break during use causing the user to fall, with the possibility of the fingers being entrapped and crushed in the metal parts of the chair.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 581-1.
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