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IKEA recalls beach chairs due to fall and fingertip amputation hazards

MEDIA RELEASE

Recalled IKEA beach chair solid color.

Recalled IKEA beach chair solid color.

Name of product:
MYSINGSÖ beach chairs

Hazard:
The beach chairs can collapse, posing fall and fingertip amputation hazards.

Remedy:
RefundReplace

Consumer Contact:
IKEA toll-free at 888-966-4532 anytime or online at www.ikea-usa.com and click on Press Room at the bottom of the page, then on Product Recalls at the top of the page for more information.

Units:
About 33,400

Description:
This recall involves IKEA MYSINGSÖ beach chairs. The chairs are foldable with a wood base and an attached polyester fabric seat. The following article numbers are included in this recall. The article numbers are on labels on the wooden frame and sewn into the fabric.

Incidents/Injuries:
IKEA has received 13 reports worldwide of incidents, including 10 reports of injuries, six of which resulted in fingertip amputations. Three of the incidents, including one fingertip amputation injury, were reported in the U.S.

Remedy:

Recalled IKEA beach chair chevron design.

Recalled IKEA beach chair chevron design.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chairs and return them to any IKEA store for a free replacement or full refund. Replacement MYSINGSÖ beach chairs are labeled with article numbers 703.380.17 and 903.380.16 and have plastic stoppers that prevent incorrect re-assembly.

Sold At:
IKEA stores nationwide and online at www.ikea-usa.com from February 2013 through December 2016 for about $25.

Importer(s):
IKEA Supply AG, of Switzerland

Distributor(s):
IKEA North America Services LLC, of Conshohocken, Pa.

Manufactured In:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.

Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC’s Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @OnSafety or by subscribing to CPSC’s free e-mail newsletters.

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