CPSC Warns about Tip-over Hazard with Folding Mobile Tables  

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commiss-  
ion (CPSC) warns school administrators, school personnel,  
and parents about the use of folding mobile tables that can  
tip over and seriously injure or kill children. Do not allow  
children to push, pull, or ride on these folded mobile  
tables.  

CPSC has reports of nine deaths since 1971 when children  
moved or played with folding mobile tables and the tables  
tipped over on them. The victims ranged in age from 19-  
months to 9-years-old. Many of the injuries occurred when an  
adult asked a student to move a folded table in a school  
cafeteria or a conference room. One of the table's wheels  
may have hit an obstruction on the floor and the heavy fol-  
ded table tipped over and crushed the student. School  
administrators should warn school personnel about the tip-  
over hazard and keep students away from tables when the  
tables are in the upright folded position.  

The Commission urges school administrators to contact the  
manufacturer of their folding mobile tables to order free  
warning labels for tables currently without labels or where  
the labels are torn or illegible. If the manufacturer is  
unknown, free generic warning labels are available from  
certain manufacturers. School administrators should specify  
how many folding mobile tables they have. The free warning  
labels should be prominently affixed.  

The six manufacturers listed here will provide free warning  
labels for folding mobile tables. The manufacturers with *  
will provide free generic warning labels.  

Biofit Engineering Seating, PO Box 109, Waterville, OH 43566.  
(800) 597-0246  
KI, PO Box 8100, Green Bay, WI 54308. (920) 468-8100  
*Midwest Folding Products Mfg. Corp., 1414 S. Western Avenue,  
Chicago, IL 60608. (312) 666-3366  
Palmer Snyder Furniture (formerly Mesa), 143 S. Jackson St.,  
Elkhorn, WI 53121. (262) 723-8200  
*Sico, Inc. 7525 Cahill Rd, Edina, MN 55440. (952) 941-1700  
Virco Mfg. Co., 2027 Harpers Way, Torrance, CA 90501. (310)  
533-0474