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1 report to CPSC, the latest made Apr 29, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Apr 29, 2014the latest report was made
  • Apr 29, 2014the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Sealy Posturepedic Office chair,
Maker
CHAIRWORKS AMERICA LTD.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
ChairsChairs without a type of their ownCPSC’s product type: Chairs, Other or Not Specified (code 4074), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Furniture

By month

1 report from May 2013 to April 2014; the most in April 2014, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
April 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Apr 29, 2014, sent to the company May 7, 2014, published by CPSC May 28, 2014

    The product, in the report: Black leather computer chair Sealy Posturepedic Office chair, Model 9682U No serial available

    Chairworks America Ltd. [REDACTED] 755 Raco Dr # A, [REDACTED] Lawrenceville, GA 30046 Tele: [REDACTED] April 21, 2014 E-Mail: [REDACTED]

    I am the unfortunate owner of a Sealy Posturepedic Office chair, Model 9682U. The U-tilt Mechanism, stock # 9682ULT has failed catastrophically for the second time. This failure is only three years since your last replacement part, shipped 4/18/2011. The failure is a classic brittle fracture, showing clear evidence of defective manufacture and/or design. Only a lucky reflex saved me from breaking my back yet again!

    Since this part has only lasted three years, I have lost all confidence in using it and can no longer use the seat back for it’s intended purpose. Please supply me a more reliable, less dangerous product

    The above was E-mailed to: http://www.chairworks.com/north_america on 4/12/2014

    Since the above E-mail remains unanswered as of this date, I am contacting you for redress. I note the sentence in your warranty : “ Chairworks promises to replace any Chairworks Brand product or component that is defective in material or workmanship for as long as you, the original purchaser, own it.” I also note a phrase from California Tort law: “When a manufacturer offers his goods for sale he undertakes an absolute obligation to furnish goods which not only are safe, but also are suitable for the intended use of the consumer”.

    I am enclosing two prints of the defective part for your information. In addition, on further inspection, the broken upper half of the support is firmly wedged in the seat back, so that a replacement part as you earlier provided can no longer be inserted and apparently the entire chair is no longer repairable.

    The favor of a response is requested.

    Yours,

    [REDACTED]

    Model
    Model 9682U
    Where
    San Jose, United States: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 81, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Sealy Posturepedic Office chair,, made or sold by CHAIRWORKS AMERICA LTD.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

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Sources

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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