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Little Tikes™ Recalls Children’s Toy Workshop Sets and Trucks Due to Choking Hazard

Note: This recall has been reannounced.

  • Recalled Blue and Red Plastic Nails
  • Recalled Electronic Project Workshop with hazardous plastic toy nails
  • Recalled Little HandiWorker Workhorse with hazardous plastic toy nails
  • Recalled Home Improvements 2-Sided Workshop with hazardous plastic toy nails
  • Recalled Swirlin' Sawdust Workshop with hazardous plastic toy nails
  • Recalled Black Pickup Truck with Tools with hazardous plastic toy nails
Name of Product:
Little Tikes™ Workshops Sets and Trucks
Hazard:

The recalled workshop sets and trucks have oversized, plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children.

Remedy:
Replace
Recall Date:
August 13, 2009
Units:

About 1.6 Million

Consumer Contact

For additional information, contact Little Tikes at (800) 791-2737 between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET Saturday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.littletikes.com.

Recall Details

Description:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

The oversized, plastic toy nail is about 3 inches long by 1 inch in diameter and comes in red or blue colors. It has a large round head; about 1 inches below the head is a plastic ridge, slightly smaller than the nail head and about 1 inch in diameter. They were sold with a variety of Little Tikes Children's products. The names, model numbers and UPC code of the products included in this recall are listed below:

Model #NamePicture
0914/430B

Electronic Project Workshop

SOLD FROM MARCH 1994 THROUGH DEC 2003

UPC: 0-50743-00914-3

UPC: 0-57043-52613-8

Electronic Project Workshop
0920/612237

Little HandiWorker Workhorse

SOLD FROM MARCH 1999 THROUGH JUNE 2009

UPC 0-50743-10920-1

UPC 0-50743-61223-7

Little HandiWorker Workhorse
4146

Home Improvements 2-Sided Workshop

SOLD FROM FEBRUARY 2001 THROUGH JANUARY 2009

UPC 0-50743-04146-4

Home Improvements 2-Sided Workshop
440Z

Swirlin' Sawdust Workshop

SOLD FROM APRIL 2004 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2008

UPC 0-50743-38540-7

Swirlin' Sawdust Workshop
4028

Black Pickup Truck with Tools

SOLD FROM MARCH 2000 THROUGH APRIL 2009

UPC 0-50743-04028-3

Black Pickup Truck with Tools
Remedy:

Consumers should immediately take the toy nails away from young children and contact the firm for a free replacement toy nail.

Incidents/Injuries:

The firm has received one report of an 11-month old boy from Goose Creek, S.C. who choked when the toy nail become forcefully lodged in his throat. The child was hospitalized and made a full recovery.

Sold At:
Various web sites such as www.littletikes.com and mass merchandise retailers nationwide, including Toys "R" Us, from March 1994 through June 2009 for between $25 and $100.
Manufactured In:
United States and China
Recall number:
09-304

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