Clip-on Chair Recall Due to Finger Amputation Risk
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a voluntary recall of clip-on chairs. Consumers should stop using this recalled product immediately due to the risk of finger amputation for children.
phil&teds [not a typo] USA, Inc. of Fort Collins, Colorado recalled about 54,000 “meetoo” clip-on chairs because the company and the CPSC have received 19 reports of the chairs falling from different table surfaces. Five children were injured, and two of them had their fingers severely pinched, lacerated, crushed or amputated.
The problem, according to the CPSC, is that missing or worn clamp pads allow the chairs to detach from a variety of different table surfaces, posing a fall hazard. In addition, when the chair detaches, children’s fingers can be caught between the bar and clamping mechanism, posing an amputation hazard. Also, user instructions for the chairs are inadequate, increasing the likelihood of consumer misuse.
Description of Recalled Clip-on Chairs
The recalled product is an infant/toddler chair with a nylon fabric seat and a metal frame that clamps onto tables using two metal vise clamps. The upper part of each clamp rests on the table top and has either a rubber pad on its underside or a rubber boot covering the clamp. The chair is sold in three fabric colors: red, black and navy. Chairs subject to this recall do not have black plastic spacers between the cross bar and the clamps.
The recalled clip-on chairs were sold from May 2006 6o May 2011 at Buy Buy Baby, Target, Toys R Us and their online sites. They were also sold online at philandteds.com, Amazon.com, and other online retailers. The chairs were sold at a variety of independent juvenile specialty stores.
