The Recall Desk
SevereCPSC·21176·Announced 2021-08-04

Sling Loungers Recalled for Amputation, Laceration, and Pinching Hazard

About 155,000 True Living Sling Loungers sold at Dollar General are recalled because the frames can collapse unexpectedly, causing amputation and laceration injuries when fingers get caught in metal folding joints. Three amputations or lacerations have been reported.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The source reports three actual injuries—amputations and lacerations to fingers—which constitute significant injury reports. This meets the rubric criterion for Severe: significant injury/property-damage reports.

Plain-English summary

About 155,000 True Living Sling Loungers with white frames and solid blue or solid green fabric are recalled. The loungers were sold at Dollar General stores nationwide from January 2019 through September 2019 for approximately $20. They are manufactured by Shanghai Worth Garden Products Co. Ltd of Shanghai, China and imported by Dollar General of Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

The loungers can collapse unexpectedly, posing an amputation, laceration, and pinching hazard if a finger gets caught in the metal folding joints. The firm has received three reports of the loungers collapsing, resulting in amputations or lacerations to fingers.

Consumers are urged to immediately stop using the recalled loungers. They should cut the fabric of the chair to render it unusable and contact Dollar General to return the loungers for a full refund. The UPC number 430001047344 is located on the receipt. Consumers can contact Dollar General at 800-678-9258 from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit www.dollargeneral.com and click on "Product Recalls" under "Help" for more information.

The recalled product

Product
True Living Sling Loungers
Manufacturer
Shanghai Worth Garden Products Co. Ltd, of Shanghai, China
Hazard
  • amputation
  • laceration
  • pinching
  • collapse
Affected units
155,000

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

UPCs (1)

  • 430001047344

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.