EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Furniture
Office chair “Office chair PORTO” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/00262/22
Summary
The rolling resistance is too low. The chair can consequently easily overturn, leading to that the user falls and suffers injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive nor the European standard EN 1335-2.
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Product
Office chair
- Name / model
- Office chair PORTO · HLM K
- Barcode
- 2010001054214
- Category
- Furniture
- Office chair swivels around a vertical axis, with a soft seat and backrest, with a metal regular five-beam star-shaped base and a gas lift. External dimensions of the chair - width 430 mm, maximum height 1050 mm, height of the base with wheels 170 mm.
What is the risk?
- The rolling resistance is too low. The chair can consequently easily overturn, leading to that the user falls and suffers injuries. The product does not comply with the requirements of the General Product Safety Directive nor the European standard EN 1335-2.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: DistributorCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
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