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Steelcase Office Chairs Recalled

GRAND RAPIDS (WWJ) - Grand Rapids-based Steelcase has announced it will recall 165,000 office chairs, saying the seats can crack and break.

The firm has received one report of a Cachet swivel chair support failing, leading to a back injury.

The recall involves all Steelcase Cachet swivel chairs with model number 487 manufactured between May 2002 and October 15, 2009. The chairs have a plastic slotted seat and back design and some were sold with back and seat cushions. The model number and manufacture date are printed on a label on the underside of the base of the chair.

The chairs were sold by authorized Steelcase dealers and retail outlets including Healthy Back Store, CSN and Home Office Solutions, nationwide.

Learn more from the Consumer Product Safety Commission at this link.

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