EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Furniture
Garden chair ÖoB “Campingstol fällbar ("Camping chair foldable")” — risk: entrapment, injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1963/14
Summary
null The plastic material of the armrests is too weak and the angle of the front leg is incorrect. If the user grabs the armrests to get up from the chair and leans forward the armrests bend downwards and the front legs collapse. The user’s fingers could then get caught in the shear point between the armrest and metal links resulting in entrapment, fracture of fingers or, in the worst cases, loss of fingers.The…
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Product
- Foldable, textile camping chair with a grey metal tube frame and plastic armrest. The chair comes in three colours: pink, turquoise or black. No packaging. A white label is attached to the backrest with the model no. and EAN code.
What is the risk?
- null The plastic material of the armrests is too weak and the angle of the front leg is incorrect. If the user grabs the armrests to get up from the chair and leans forward the armrests bend downwards and the front legs collapse. The user’s fingers could then get caught in the shear point between the armrest and metal links resulting in entrapment, fracture of fingers or, in the worst cases, loss of fingers.The product does not comply with the relevant European standard EN 581-1.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: 01/08/2014
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): -
- Date of entry into force: 01/08/2014
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 15/09/2014
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