(Dagbladet): The Swedish interior giant IKEA is recalling all PATRULL Nightlight due to risk of electric shock. It said in a press release that was sent out on Tuesday morning.
According to the message, IKEA received a report about an incident where a little pep in one year and seven months playing with a PATRULL Nightlight.
Visible wound
He allegedly tried to remove the light from the wall outlet when the lid that covers the back of the lamp fell off. He got as electric shock and visible wounds on his hand.
IKEA writes that PATRULL lamp was thoroughly tested before being released to the market, and after the event has a total of 600 copies have been under scrutiny and have not found a corresponding error. Nevertheless recalling the now all units.
The product has been on sale in Europe and North America since 2013. Do you have such a lamp can be returned to any IKEA store and the amount being refunded.
Dressers
In July IKEA out in the United States and asked the people to stop using dressers including from series Malm, if they are not attached to the wall. At the same time they offered free wall mounts to all its customers.
It happened after the two year old American boy Curren Collas last year died after one Malm-dresser toppled over him. Two-year-old mother, Jaquelyn Collas, defendants furniture giant, and reported the matter to the American consumer authorities.
– It’s about a campaign where you want to raise awareness about safety in the home, said communications director Tina Kardum in Ikea Sweden to the Swedish news agency TT it.
The consumer authorities started an investigation after the death, and earlier this week they were able to tell that they have been tipped off about 14 cases where ore-dressers have toppled in which four of them led to injuries.
Ikea has also stated that they are aware of three additional deaths since 1989 after various types of their furniture overturned.
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