FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 1997
Release # 98-022
Company Phone Number: (800) 63KMART CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Ken Giles, (301) 504-7052
CPSC, Kmart Announce Recall of Garden Chairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Kmart Corp. of Troy, Mich.,
is recalling about 205,000 Sling Garden Chairs. The chairs
can unexpectedly collapse and injure consumers.
Kmart has received 10 reports of these chairs
collapsing. Six reports involve finger tip amputations and
crushed fingers when consumers' fingers were caught in the
folding arm of the chairs as they collapsed. Two reports
involve reports of back pain when consumers fell to
the floor.
The chairs consist of a white metal frame with a seat
made of a striped vinyl fabric. The striped seat is
available in the following colors: royal blue/white, navy
blue/white, orange/lime, lime/orange and hunter green/white.
The arm rests of these chairs are colored to match the
seats. The chairs measure about 34 inches high and 22 inches
wide. A white label on the back of the chairs reads, "MADE
IN CHINA." The chairs had a cardboard hang tag labeled,
"SLING GARDEN CHAIR...KMART"
Kmart stores nationwide sold these chairs from February
1997 through September 1997 for about $13.
Consumers should stop using these chairs immediately
and return them to the nearest Kmart store for a refund.
For more information about this recall, consumers should
contact Kmart at (800) 63KMART or access Kmart's web site at
www.kmart.com.