Office Chair Hitting Person
Whether 'office chair hitting person' is illegal depends on the specific circumstances and the consequences caused.
Minor Circumstances Without Obvious Injuries
If the act of an office chair hitting a person is minor and does not cause obvious injuries to others, according to Article 43 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, the perpetrator may face detention for not less than five days but not more than ten days and a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, detention for not more than five days or a fine of not more than 500 yuan may be imposed. In such cases, the perpetrator is mainly punished from the perspective of public security management to maintain social order and safeguard the personal safety of citizens.
Causing Minor Injuries to Others
When an office chair hitting a person causes minor injuries to others, Article 43 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security also applies for punishment. At the same time, according to Article 1179 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, the perpetrator is required to bear civil compensation liability and compensate the injured party for reasonable expenses such as medical expenses and lost work fees. This means that the perpetrator not only has to accept public security punishment but also has to compensate the victim for the economic losses incurred due to the injury, reflecting the protection of the victim's rights and interests by the law.
Causing Light Injuries or More Serious Consequences to Others
If an office chair hitting a person causes light injuries or more serious consequences to others, the perpetrator will constitute the crime of intentional injury. According to Article 234 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, whoever intentionally injures another person's body shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance; if the injury is serious, the sentence shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; if the injury results in death or if the perpetrator uses particularly cruel means to cause serious disability due to serious injury, the sentence shall be fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, life imprisonment, or the death penalty. This shows that once serious injury consequences occur, the perpetrator will face severe criminal punishment.
In addition, CCTV has exposed the hidden dangers of office chairs, with pneumatic lift chairs being prone to explode and injure people. There have been multiple injuries, such as a 14-year-old boy in Jiaozhou, Shandong, who was stabbed to death by the adjustment rod of a lift chair, a 28-year-old white-collar worker in Hangzhou who was injured in the waist by an exploding lift chair and became permanently disabled, and a pregnant mother-to-be in Quanzhou, Fujian, who had a miscarriage due to the explosion of a lift chair. This also reminds people to pay attention to the safety of office chairs when using them to avoid accidental injury events caused by quality problems of office chairs.
