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Product Hazards
Highchairs and Booster Seats
An estimated 7,590 children under age 5 were treated for highchair related injuries in hospital
emergency rooms in 2002 alone. Babies can slide downward in the highchair seat and strangle
when their heads are caught on the trays or waist belt and crotch strap. On average, two children
die each year in high chairs.
A recall or a corrective action had been issued for highchairs and booster seats for
various reasons such as risk of falling due to restraint bar failure; plastic
joints that can crack and cause the product to collapse in use; leg strap that could be
pulled through enabling a child to fall; belt sets that cannot be tightly secured; and inadequate fit between the seat and base allowing the seat to slip or fall.
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