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GCI Outdoor BleacherBack stadium seat
GCI Outdoor at (800) 956-7328 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET on Fridays or online at www.gcioutdoor.com and click on Safety Notice at the bottom of the page for more information.
Recall Details
This recall involves GCI Outdoor BleacherBack stadium seats. The seats are made of a powder-coated steel frame, a stitched fabric backrest and a fabric-covered padded bottom. The backrest has a mesh pocket on the back side. The seat bottom has a strap that runs from one side through two D rings on the upper part of the backrest and back down to the other side. The strap has a yellow buckle. The backrest and seat bottoms were sold in the colors black, green, maroon, navy blue, red and royal blue. When open, the seats measure 16 inches wide x 12 inches deep x 17.5 inches high. The backrest folds forward to a height of 4 inches.
Recalled stadium seats have the following purchase order (PO) numbers:
| 41223, | 41269, | 41273, | ||||||||
| 41332, | 41348, | 41367, | 41371, | 41371, | 41379, | 41380, | 41390 | |||
| 41401 | ||||||||||
| 41515, | 41520, | 41537, | 41538, | 41539, | 41540, | 41541, | 41542 | |||
| 41627, | 41628, | 41629, | 41630, | 41631, | 41632, | 41633, | 41634, | 41635, | 41636, | 41639 |
| 41640, | 41641, | 41642, | 41643, | 41644, | 41645, | 41646, | 41647, | 41648, | 41649, | 41668 |
| 41715, | 41716, | 41717, | 41718, |
The PO number is on a small white tag under the product information label sewn onto the back of the chair inside the pocket.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled stadium chairs and contact GCI Outdoor for a free strap repair kit that includes installation instructions, an additional safety strap and a new warning sticker.
GCI Outdoor has received a report of one incident where backrest support failed and the consumer fell to the ground from the top of a 4-foot tall bleacher and suffered neck and back injuries.
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