Office Depot Recalls Gibson Leather Task Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #14188) was formally reported on May 22, 2014. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Victory Land Ent. Co., Ltd., of Taiwan is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 1,400,000 units are affected, placing this recall in the million-unit bracket that typically triggers nationwide consumer alerts and retailer sweeps.

The documented reason for this recall is: The mounting plate weld can break and separate the seat from the base of the chair, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Consumers should immediately stop using the chairs and return them to any Office Depot store location for a $55 store merchandise credit — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC and NHTSA going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 12 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.