Product Recall Number: 16-070
Why was Swingasan® chairs and stands recalled?
The suspension hardware on the chair and stand can break, or the stand can become unstable during use, posing a fall hazard.
Product Recall Number: 16-070
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-01-12
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Swingasan® chairs and stands
Description: The suspension hardware on the chair and stand can break, or the stand can become unstable during use, posing a fall hazard.
Hazard Description: The suspension hardware on the chair and stand can break, or the stand can become unstable during use, posing a fall hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Dispose
Units: About 260,000 in the U.S. (in addition, about 16,000 were sold in Canada).
Incidents: Pier 1 Imports has received 101 reports of incidents with the chairs and stands. This includes 93 reports of the chair with stand becoming unstable during use and tipping over, resulting in 23 injuries. There have been eight reports of the suspension hardware failing, including four reports of injuries.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the chairs.
Sold At: Pier 1 Imports stores nationwide and online at www.Pier1.com from January 2010 through August 2015 for between $200 and $400 for the hanging chair and stand.
Importers: Pier 1 Imports of Fort Worth, Texas
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed