Recalls
The firm has received reports that 6 children have suffered broken legs after getting a foot caught between the stroller's two footrests.
Firm out of business. Consumers should discard or destroy the products to prevent injuries.
Approximately 34,200
The metal handle or other exposed metal part could become electrically charged if the machine is not properly grounded and a fault occurs. Such fault could occur if an improper or faulty extension cord is used, if the connection between the power cord and an extension cord becomes wet or if a fault exists within the pressure washer's electrical system. Under these circumstances, a severe or fatal electric shock could result when the user touches the metal handle or other exposed metal part of the machine.
The safety kit being offered consists of four easy to install insulated bolts that replace existing bolts. Consumers should call FIMCO toll-free at 800-831-0027 (in Iowa call 800-352-0016) to obtain the free kit and complete instructions.
Approximately 14,150
The Binky Squeaky Pacifier may present a choking and suffocation hazard if the one piece nipple/handle separates from the plastic shield.
Binky-Griptight, Inc. is urging consumers to stop using and to discard the Binky Squeaky Pacifier, Model 593, because it may present a choking and suffocation hazard if the one piece nipple/handle separates from the plastic shield.
A child who can push up on hands and knees while wearing loose clothing or any string-like material around the neck may become entangled on the Play Gym or other similar toys that attach across a crib.
The Commission and Fisher-Price are issuing this alert and urging parents to remove these toys from cribs and playpens as soon as their child begins to push up on hands and knees. The Commission and Fisher-Price also advise parents against putting children in cribs while the infants are wearing hooded clothing or any loose-fitting garments that could become entangled about a child's neck.
CPSC believes the toy may present choking, aspiration and ingestion hazards because of small parts which can break off.
Consumers with infants and young children should remove these toys from use and return the product to T.G. & Y Stores Company for a complete refund.
Approximately 15,000
The CPSC believes the #CT569 Baseball Bat Squeeze Toy may cause choking and/or suffocation hazards because the handle is small enough to lodge in an infant's throat and obstruct the airway.
Consumers should remove this product from use immediately and return it to the retailer where purchased for a full refund. If desired, the consumer may return the Squeeze Toy to Cutoy Cooperative Association, P.O. Box 2197, Burlington, North Carolina.
Less than 300
Without warning, the RegO Model 210 LP-Gas regulator may suddenly allow high pressure LP-Gas to pass to hot water heaters, furnaces and other appliances fueled by LP-Gas. The failure of the regulator to control LP-Gas pressure within allowable levels can occur when an internal mechanical component in the regulator fails. Fire and explosion can occur and result in severe property damage, personal injury or death.
If it is a RegO model 210, consumers should close the shut-off valve of the LP-Gas supply container and contact their local LP-Gas dealer for immediate replacement of the regulator (consult yellow pages for number and location of Local LP-Gas dealer or supplier). Consumers are cautioned not to remove and replace the regulator themselves, and not to turn on the LP-Gas supply until after the regulator replacement. The RegO Model 210 regulator will be replaced by RegO Model 302V9P at no cost to the consumer.
The paddle fans involved have a ball and socket ceiling mounting device. Under certain conditions, the ball may pull through the socket allowing the fan to fall.
The corrective action plan calls for the addition of a retaining ring which will be installed free of charge to all installations containing ball and socket mounting device made on or after May 1, 1983. This ring will prevent the ball from pulling through the socket and will help ensure that the fan will not fall.
Approximately 250,000
Children between the ages of 10 and 24 months can climb upon the enclosures, slip and catch their necks in the vee-shaped openings at the top of the enclosures, or attempt to crawl through and become entrapped in the diamond-shaped openings in the middle of the enclosures. The angles of the vee-shaped openings are sufficiently acute so as to entrap the neck and head, resulting in death by strangulation or in other serious injury, especially where the children's feet are not in contact with the ground.
In addition to recall of the enclosures, the staff seeks an extensive notice campaign to warn the public of the neck entrapment strangulation hazard presented by the enclosures.
Anyone who knows of a death, injury, or other incident in which a child's head or neck became entrapped in a children's expandable enclosure is asked to call the CPSC toll-free Hotline at 800-638-CPSC.
The cup-shape head of the toy can become stuck over the noses and mouths of young children's faces, posing a potential suffocation hazard.
In December, 1983, Fisher-Price redesigned the head of the toy by adding ridges to the inside of the beak of the bird head which should eliminate any potential suffocation hazard associated with the toy head. The head of the toy without ridges in the beak is the only portion of the toy which is being recalled by Fisher-Price. Consumers should take the recalled Bluebird toy away from children and call Fisher-Price for service at 1-800-233-4000.
Approximately 278,000