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U.S. CPSC August 7, 2002	Folding Chair Recalled by Adams Manufacturing Corp. Some of the legs on these chairs were mis-assembled by the installer and a piece of the chair could be bent out of shape. This can allow the chair to collapse during use causing consumers to suffer injuries from falls.
U.S. CPSC April 21, 2005	Royal Seating Ltd. Recall of Children's Chairs The seat portion of the chair can detach from the leg base possibly causing a child to fall to the floor.
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U.S. CPSC April 29, 2005	Atico International USA Recall of Children's Folding Chairs The chair's safety lock can fail, allowing the chair to collapse or fold unexpectedly. Children's fingers can become caught or entrapped in the hinge and slot areas of the chair, posing a pinch or cut hazard.
U.S. CPSC August 19, 2004	Meco Corp. Recall of Red Chairs from Children's Furniture Sets The red paint on the chair contains excessive lead levels, posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children.
Inc. August 2003 Stacy Perman	Take a Seat Are you sitting pretty? If not, try our alternatives. They've been designed to make you and your office look good and feel great.
U.S. CPSC October 15, 2004	IKEA Home Furnishings Recall of Fargglad Multi-Color Children's Chair Choking hazard from red plastic feet that can detach from chair legs.
U.S. CPSC August 18, 2004	American Signature Recall of Dinette Chairs The stretch bar which connects to the chair's legs can detach during normal use, causing the user to fall and suffer injuries.
U.S. CPSC May 24, 2005	Summit Marketing International LLC Recall to Repair Children's Folding Chairs The chair's safety lock can fail, allowing the chair to collapse or fold unexpectedly. Children's fingers can become caught or entrapped in the hinge and slot areas of the chair, posing a pinch or cut hazard. This can cause severe lacerations and finger tip amputations to children's fingers.
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U.S. CPSC July 27, 2005	Fourstar Group Recall to Repair Kid's Folding Chairs The chair's safety lock can fail, allowing the chair to collapse or fold unexpectedly. Children's fingers can become caught or entrapped in the hinge and slot areas of the chair, posing a pinch or cut hazard. This can cause severe lacerations and finger tip amputations to children's fingers.
U.S. CPSC April 6, 2005	L.L. Bean Inc. Recall of Director's Chairs, Replacement Seats The wooden dowels in the fabric seats are too small and can break or slide out of the fabric sleeves; the fabric seat can tear from the wooden seat frame; and the chair frame also can break at the backrest upright, the armrest and at the leg axis. These failures can cause the chair's occupant to fall to the floor, and possibly sustain injuries.
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U.S. CPSC September 23, 2004	Delta Enterprise Corp. Recall to Repair Director's Chairs for Children The chair can inadvertently be misassembled so that the fabric seat can come off the chair's frame and expose metal support rods. If fabric seat comes off the frame, there is a laceration and fall hazard to young children.
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U.S. CPSC January 13, 2005	Poundex Associates Corp. Recall of Dining Chair The welds on the chair's rear legs can crack and break apart, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
U.S. CPSC September 21, 2004	Gruga U.S.A. Recall to Repair Office Chairs Sold At Staples Stores The legs on the base of the chair can break, posing a risk of injury to the user.
U.S. CPSC June 15, 2004	The Land of Nod Recall of Children's Wooden Chairs The leg supports can crack, causing the chair to collapse. Children sitting in these chairs can fall.
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U.S. CPSC September 1, 2009	OfficeMax Recalls Office Chairs Due to Fall Hazard The back and the base post of the chair can break while in use, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
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