US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Gruga office chairs recalled due to fall hazard
Date: Nov. 7, 2012
Units: About 70,000 in the US
The seat plate can break, posing a fall hazard to consumers. There have been 17 reports of seat plates breaking, two of which involved consumers falling and receiving bumps and bruises. The recalled chairs are entertainment, executive, manager’s, and task chairs with the brand name “GRUGA—Seating from Sauder.” They were sold in a variety of fabrics and colors at a variety of retail outlets nationwide from August 2009 to September 2012 for between $79 and $399.
