OfficeMax Recalls Office Chairs
September 1, 2009
OfficeMax is recalling about 216,000 task chairs. The back and the base post of the chair can break while in use, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
OfficeMax has received about 35 reports of the chair backs or posts breaking, including 15 reports of injuries involving lacerations, muscle
strains, contusions and concussions.
The recall involves OfficeMax Task Chairs with model numbers OM182 and OM96614. The model number is located under the chair’s seat on a white UPC label. The chairs are charcoal or dark charcoal in color and have black plastic arms and a rolling plastic and metal base.
The chairs, made in China, were sold at OfficeMax stores nationwide, on the firm’s Web site www.officemax.com, in OfficeMax catalogs, and through direct commercial sales to businesses from September 2003 through July 2008 for between $40 and $65.
Consumers should immediately stop using the chairs and return them to any OfficeMax store for a full refund or a $55 gift card if the consumer does not have a receipt.
For additional information, contact OfficeMax at (800) 283-7674 anytime, or visit the firm Web site
at www.officemax.com.
The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
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