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If you would read the article you would find out that this very relevant info
So it was the School that is responsible not the mfr.
I never said the manufacturer was at fault, but that I hoped they fixed the problem. Which would be to fix the safety latch and maybe make sure someone double checks the locks. Or get different tables.
Correct. It was a maintenance issue that was not maintained. A few people will either be terminated or go into early retirement. Bergen County will be the only one paying out for this situation.
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Can someone explain how this table "fell"? I have read the article, these tables fold in half then roll to wherever they are stowed if they open up the 2 halves roll outward till the center is on the floor.
Can someone explain how this table "fell"? I have read the article, these tables fold in half then roll to wherever they are stowed if they open up the 2 halves roll outward till the center is on the floor.
I'll venture a guess that the locking mechanism was broken and it folded further than it should have (no longer a isosceles triangle) and each one was stored against the wall. Since they were playing sports, most likely someone bounced against and instead of the table unfolding it flipped over away from the wall. The kid was near it and most likely not standing in a direction to move out of the way of its fall.
Can someone explain how this table "fell"? I have read the article, these tables fold in half then roll to wherever they are stowed if they open up the 2 halves roll outward till the center is on the floor.
It's not a rolling table. It folds down from the wall. There is a drawing of one with this article:
I'll venture a guess that the locking mechanism was broken and it folded further than it should have (no longer a isosceles triangle) and each one was stored against the wall. Since they were playing sports, most likely someone bounced against and instead of the table unfolding it flipped over away from the wall. The kid was near it and most likely not standing in a direction to move out of the way of its fall.
Thank you your picture makes more sense than the original link, that one made it look like a conventional cafeteria table. I have never seen these type of tables anywhere and I work for a school district.
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