Injuries

High chair "Omega Biscuits"

DOREL France S.A. "Bebe confort"
High chair "Omega Biscuits"High chair "Omega Biscuits"
Case number
0363/07
Category
Childcare articles and children's equipment
Type / Model
"Omega Biscuits", code 62C079
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇱🇹 Lithuania
Country of origin
🇫🇷 France
Published
2007-04-27

⚠️ Risk

The product poses a risk of injuries due to incorrect construction and openings in the access zone, where the fingers and the foot of a child could be entrapped. The product contains the following non-compliances with the relevant standard: - in the access zones on the seat back, on the playing part, on the side and on front of the chair, there are accessible openings or holes from 7 mm to 25mm, where the fingers of a child can be entrapped although there should not be accessible gaps on the access zone according to the standard;- a pin with cross-section of 7 mm goes into the holes;- the playing part falls down using only 80 N of horizontal strength whereas the 200 N is required by the standard; - chair falls down using 200 N vertical strength on the centre of the playing part although it should keep its stability when playing part is pulled out to side position;- the instructions for use in Lithuanian are missing.One incident where a child of 8 month pushed the playing part to the side position has been reported.

Measures

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Sales ban and withdrawal from the market ordered by the authoritiesDate of entry into force: Unknown