Product Recall Number: 12-146
Why was Office Depot® Brand Biella Leather Desk Chairs recalled?
The weld connecting the seat plate to the gas lift can fail, causing the chair to separate from the base. This poses a fall hazard to consumers.
Product Recall Number: 12-146
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2012-04-04
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Office Depot® Brand Biella Leather Desk Chairs
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: The weld connecting the seat plate to the gas lift can fail, causing the chair to separate from the base. This poses a fall hazard to consumers.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: 307,000 in the United States and 12,000 in Canada
Incidents: Office Depot has received 11 reports of the chairs breaking and consumers falling while seated, resulting in reports of injuries, including minor contusions and abrasions.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the chairs and contact Office Depot's recall hotline to receive a $55 store card that may be used for a replacement chair or other store merchandise.
Sold At: Office Depot retail stores nationwide and online at www.OfficeDepot.com from January 2002 through December 2008 for about $55.
Importers: Office Depot, Inc., of Boca Raton, Fla.
Manufacturers: Wonderful Year Inc., of China
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed