The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·17135·Announced 2017-04-18

Cost Plus World Market Recalls Windsor-Style Dining Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

Cost Plus World Market is recalling about 4,700 Stafford Windsor-style dining chairs because the legs can break, posing a fall hazard. No injuries have been reported.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (fall hazard) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria in the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Cost Plus World Market is recalling approximately 4,700 Stafford Windsor-style dining chairs. The recall is due to a hazard where the chair legs can break, which poses a risk of falling to consumers. The firm has received three reports of in-store display chair legs breaking and one report of a chair leg bowing out, but no injuries have been reported.

The recalled chairs are wooden, have a walnut finish, and are intended for indoor use. They were sold at Cost Plus World Market and World Market stores nationwide and online at www.worldmarket.com from June 2016 through December 2016 for about $100. The chairs were manufactured in Malaysia.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chairs and return them to any Cost Plus World Market or World Market store for a free replacement chair. For more information, consumers can contact Cost Plus toll-free at 877-967-5362 from 7 a.m. to midnight ET daily, or visit www.worldmarket.com and click on "Product Recalls".

The recalled product

Product
Stafford Windsor-style dining chairs
Category
Consumer Product — Furniture
Hazard
Affected units
4,700

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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