The government announced a recall of some 1.2 million high chairs, saying they posed a fall hazard to children.
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Oh no! Obama won't have anywhere to set! Hope they don't get his pacifier also.
To set... what, exactly? A stack of papers? A computer screen? A pot roast? What does he need to set?
Good grief.
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CHINA!
How are the Chinese going to have useful slave labor when they call in our loans if they keep maiming/killing our babies?
Thanks Swill Mart!
It's going to get to the point of more strict labor laws,better pay and quallity control in china for their exports, which yes, will cost us more. In other words, just as much as OH MY! making the same product here! Gee, wouldn't that be nice?? Bring back manufacturing jobs to the States again! I hate greed! IT's destroying our country! That's all these higher ups of these companies are, greedy wolves!
William- so true! But try finding things made here! It's almost impossible! But no matter where they're made, I am so sick of hearing about baby items being recaller AFTER children have been injured or killed. They need to be tested and retested over and over before even being sold. I have one of these chairs but can't even find the model number to see if it's on their list. I went to their web site but all it lists is the model numbers affected, not where to find it! Now I'll probably have to spend half an hour on the phone and hope I get to talk to someone who speaks English.
Get serious. over a 6 year period with 1,200,000 chairs involved there wer 24 incidents of injury. That is 0.002% or two thousands of 1 percent.
Did these parents at any time inspect the chair, it probably had a "wobble" or did not feel as sturdy.
Let's say the child was in this chair for about 18 months with at lesat three times a day. That's about 1650 times the parent placed the child in and removed form the chair.
Yes but. "Screws loosen and fall out", would suggest an occasional look over the life of the chair would go a long way in prevention. A cracked plastic joint would be cause to pause as well. While some things we buy can be of low durability, some are plain overloaded and abused. Parents, as you have done, owe munchkins their constant observation to prevent injury. Preventing a poor economic choice is really a separate issue.
I think it's time to go to an antique store, start buying vintage baby cribs,high chairs and buggys! They certainly were better made, and can be viewed as a family airloom that generations can enjoy! Just restore it and make sure it works as it should. That's what my mom used! It's not just kid's toys and highchairs that are made so poorly, EVERYTHING made in China and other third world countries (even though China ain't a third world country!) is crap.
There may have been 24 incidents of reportable injury, but IIRC, there were 424 reports of the defects resulting in malfunctions.
Diane: You can thank Swill-Mart for the fact that we make nothing anymore.
Graco is an American company but I'll bet those high chairs were made in CHINA!!!
I would bet my last dollar on it!!
Parents need to be parents and inspect the baby equipment after it is put together instead of assuming it stays together and never need to be adjusted. At some point parents need to take responsibility for the children they created instead of blaming others.
I guess the crusty old farts will light up their Chinese-made computers to bash the 1.2 million China bashers who snuck off into the dark to buy one of these chairs.
ah, good old Chinese craftsmanship!
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as long as the almighty dollar rules your life, this @!$%# will continue to happen. It's called "cutting corners to save a few bucks".
end capitalism NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW..Who would think...another piece of "crap" made in China....how unique!
The solution to this is something called Babee Tenda. They make the most wonderful feeding chair (which also serves as as SAFE walker, an activity table and a swing), and they have a baby bed that transitions to a junior bed. Kinda pricey but I wouldn't take anything for them when I read about beds, high chairs and walker incidents injuries. Don't know if made in the US but highly more likely than the popular brands.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been making children’s safety a priority and this recall is just the latest in children product recalls. Effective recall management critical for manufacturers, particularly with the agency keeping a close eye on their recall execution. Graco needs to assure both customers and regulatory agencies that it is committed to consumer safety. I wrote more on the steps Graco needs to take to ensure an effective recall at ExpertRECALL’s blog: http://www.expertrecall.com/high-chairs-%e2%80%93-the-newest-children%e2%80%99s-product-recall/.