Room & Board · Recalled
Room & Board Recalls Chairs Due to Laceration Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Room & Board (Recall Alert)
The backrest can break during normal use, posing a laceration hazard to the user.
- Units
- About 1,500
- Reports
- 10
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $300–$520
- Remedy
- Refund
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
This recall involves Room & Board's Doyle arm chairs and side chairs. The wood chairs were sold with and without an upholstered seat and in five different finishes: Charcoal, cherry, maple, shell and walnut. Each chair has a barcode printed on a label located under the seat on the inside of the seat frame. "Room & Board-Handcrafted in Vermont" is inscribed on the seat frame next to the barcode. A complete list of bar codes included in this recall can be found on the firm's website.
The file
- Sold at
- Room & Board stores nationwide and online at www.roomandboard.com from May 2015 through December 2015 for between $350 and $520 for the arm chairs and between $300 and $400 for the side chairs.
- Product type
- Chairs
- Made in
- United States
- Recalled by
- Room & Board, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Incident log
The firm has received 10 incident reports of the chair backrest breaking, including one report of a scratch.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chairs and contact Room & Board ?to receive a free replacement chair or a full refund. Room & Board is contacting consumers directly?.
Room & Board toll-free at 855-246-0974 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at updates@roomandboard.com or visit www.roomandboard.com and click on the Product Recall link located at the bottom of the page for more information.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
