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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CPSC Media Contact:
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December 19, 1995
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(301) 504-7908
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Release # 96-048
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CPSC, Division Sales, Inc. Announce Wooden Toy Truck Recall
WASHINGTON,D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Division Sales Inc., of Itasca, Ill., is recalling 44,000 wooden toy trucks. The truck's driver and wheels can break off, presenting a choking hazard to young children.
The natural wood trucks, measuring approximately 5 inches long by 2 inches wide, were sold in six styles: two styles of dump trucks; a cement truck; a truck with a large, wooden, rotating cylinder; a truck with crane; and a truck with ladder. A small gold decal on the underside of the truck reads, "MADE IN CHINA." Each truck is packaged with a small wooden driver figure in a blue cardboard box labeled, "WOOD TOY ... ENGINEERING TRUCK EDUCATIONAL TOY."
Various retail stores and discount centers sold the trucks nationwide from December 1993 through December 1995 for approximately $1 each.
Consumers should take the toy vehicles away from young children immediately and return the trucks to the store where they were purchased for a full refund. For more information, consumers should call Division Sales Inc. at (800) 621-8134.
CPSC and Division Sales, Inc. are not aware of any injuries involving these toy trucks. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $900 billion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals - contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
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