Fall accidents can cause serious injuries to anyone--especially babies and toddlers, who are at high risk of breaking their bones and sustaining head injuries. It is the responsibility of product manufacturers to make sure that they don't design any defective products that could make the chances of a fall injury more likely, which is why Graco Children's Products, along with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling approximately 1.2 million Graco Harmony™ High Chairs.
The possible fall hazard can occur if the screws that hold the chair's front legs come lose or fall out or the plastic bracket on the back legs crack. When either of these product flaws are present, the high chair becomes unstable and is at risk of tipping over without warning. This is a product defect and our Orange County, California products liability lawyers want to join the CPSC and Graco in warning parents and guardians to stop using this high chair immediately.
Already, there have been 24 reports of related injuries, as well as 464 reports of the brackets cracking or the screws falling or coming loose. All Harmony™ High Chairs are affected by the recall. These chairs are no longer being manufactured.
According to a 2008 Podcast presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
• Fall accidents is the number one cause of injuries to children.
• About 8,000 kids/day are seen in US ER's for fall injuries--that's nearly 2.8 children annually.
Fall accidents involving kids can lead to head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, back injuries, broken bones, bruises, cuts, and sprains, while causing unnecessary pain and suffering to your child. Unfortunately, even if parents and guardians take preventive steps to prevent fall accidents from happening to their children, there are product manufacturers that continue to make furniture that are a fall hazard.
Graco Recalls Harmony™ High Chairs Due to Fall Hazard, Consumer Product Safety Commission, March 18, 2010
Related Web Resources:
Head injuries, KidsHealth.org
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