AAP General News (Australia)
02-06-2001
NSW: Safety guidlines for recliner chairs following death
SYDNEY, Feb 6 AAP - New safety guidelines for recliner armchairs are to be introduced
in New South Wales following the death last year of a 21-month old central coast boy.
The new guidelines are expected to follow US measures where 10 children have died in
accidents involving the popular chairs.
They will specify a maximum allowable gap between the seat and footrest when the chair
is extended and will also require warning labels to be displayed.
NSW Fair Trading Minister John Watkins said people had to remember the chairs could
be …
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