Recall: 2 deaths reported with Ace Bayou bean bag chairs
About 2.2 million chair have been recalled because the zippers on the bean bag chairs can be opened by children who can then crawl inside, get trapped and suffocate or choke on the bean bag chair’s foam beads.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Ace Bayou aannounced today the voluntary recall of about 2.2 million bean bag chairs following the deaths of two children.
The zippers on the bean bag chairs can be opened and children can then crawl inside, get trapped and suffocate or choke on the bean bag chair's foam beads. The voluntary standard requires non-refillable bean bag chairs to have closed and permanently disabled zippers.
A 13-year old boy from McKinney, Texas died and a 3-year-old girl from Lexington, Ky. died after suffocating from lack of air and inhaling the chair's foam beads. Both children were found inside the chairs.
The recalled bean bag chairs were sold at Bon-Ton, Meijer, Pamida, School Specialty, Wayfair and Walmart stores and online at Amazon.com, Meijer.com and Walmart.com before July 2013 for between $30 and $100.
Consumers should check their bean bag chairs for any zippers that can open, take those that can open away from children immediately and contact Ace Bayou for a free repair kit to permanently disable the zippers so that they cannot be opened.
For more information, go to the CSPC Website.
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