Washington, DC: Wal-Mart is recalling about 73,400 Mainstays five-piece card table and chair sets because the chairs can unexpectedly collapse, posing a fall hazard and a risk of finger injury, including finger amputation.
Walmart has received 10 reports of injuries from collapsing chairs. Injury reports include one finger amputation, three fingertip amputations, sprained or fractured fingers and one report of a sore back.
The recall involves the Mainstays card table sets with a black padded metal folding table and four black padded metal folding chairs. "Made by: Dongguan Shin Din Metal & Plastic Products Co,"the company that made the chair cushions, is printed on a white label on the bottom of the chairs.
The card table and chair sets were sold exclusively at Walmart stores nationwide and online at www.walmart.com from May 2013 through November 2013 for about $50.
