Final
Record of Commission Action
(Briefing Package October 15, 2014, OS No. 4265)\
Decision
The Commission voted (4-1) to provisionally accept the Settlement Agreement and Order, which orders Baja, Inc. and One World Technologies, Inc. (the Firm) to pay a civil penalty of $4.3 million and to implement compliance measures. Chairman Kaye and Commissioners Adler, Robinson and Mohorovic voted to provisionally accept the Settlement Agreement and Order. Commissioner Buerkle voted to reject the Settlement Agreement and Order. The provisional Settlement Agreement and Final Order will be announced in a Federal Register Notice. The Commission's Compliance Division staff of the Office of General Counsel negotiated the proposed agreement to settle staff allegations that the Firm knowingly violated the reporting requirements of section 15(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), 15 U.S.C. § 2064(b), regarding its mini bikes and go-carts, which were defective and created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death to young children. Section 20(a)(l) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2069(a)(l), permits the imposition of civil penalties for any person who knowingly violates section 19(a)(4) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2068(a)(4), by failing to report information under section 15(b).
Commissioners Voting
Commissioners voting by ballot. Ballot vote extended to October 24, 2014
- Chairman Elliot F. Kaye
- Commissioner Robert S. Adler
- Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson
- Commissioner Ann Marie Buerkle
- Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic