CPSC
News
Release
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Product and Firm
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Problem
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Remedy
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99-036
12/22/98
00-022
12/1/99
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Toy Basketball Nets with nets that come unhooked or with knots that slide.
Brands:
Ohio Art
Little Tikes
Today's Kids
Fisher-Price
Franklin Sports
Huffy Sports
Lifetime Products
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Children can strangle on loops or openings in the nets that come unhooked from the rim or have knots that slide.
11 million units
21 incidents; 1 death |
Throw away old nets and get new nets. Call:
Ohio Art: (800) 641-6226
Little Tikes: (800) 321-0183
Today's Kids: (800) 916-8697
Fisher-Price: (888) 229-4555
Franklin Sports: (877) 730-1962
Huffy Sports: (800) 558-5234
Lifetime Products: (800) 242-3865
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99-127
06/24/99
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Swimming Pool Dive Sticks made of hard plastic that can cause rectal or vaginal impalement
Several brands
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Children can fall or land on a dive stick and suffer rectal or vaginal impalement.
19 million units
9 impalements
3 other injuries |
Throw out hard plastic dive sticks or return to retailer for refund or repair.
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99-054
1/21/99
99-167
9/2/99
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Flammable Spray String
Brands:
Party Time "Happy String"
KMC USA Inc.
"Crazy Ribbon" and "Crazy String" imported by Stelex Enterprises, Major Import, and LeSa Yang Family Ltd.
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The propellant is extremely flammable, creating a serious risk of burn injuries when sprayed near an open flame.
More than 1 million units; 3 burn injuries
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Return to retailer for refund
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99-129
6/24/99
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Star Wars Lightsaber without battery protector (sold before July 1999)
Brand:
Hasbro, Inc.
Pawtucket, RI
Lightsabers currently being sold with the sticker "Now with battery protector" are not part of this recall.
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Spring in battery compartment can dislodge, causing batteries to overheat or rupture, causing burns to consumers.
618,000 units; 38 overheating incidents, 6 ruptured batteries, 3 minor burns, 1 eye irritation
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Repair
Call firm
(888) 690-6141
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99-086
3/25/99
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Blue's Clues Toy Notebooks with sharply bent coil ends that can break off
Colorbok of Dexter, MI
Blue's Clues Toy Notebooks currently being sold and marked "Version 2" on the back cover or lower edge of the packaging are not part of this recall.
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The ends of the notebooks' coils can break off, presenting a small parts choking hazard to children.
3.8 million units
4 incidents, no injuries
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Replacement coil
Call firm:
(877) 677-4725
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99-168
9/2/99
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Precious Moments Tender Tails Stuffed toys with pompoms
Enesco Corp. of Itasca, IL
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The pompoms on these toys can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
472,000 units
3 detached pompoms; no injuries |
Cut off pompoms and send to firm for replacement toy:
Enesco
PO Box 499
Itasca, IL 60143-0499
(800) 632-7968
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99-009
10/15/98
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Xylophone Mallets with small rounded ends sold with individual xylophones and in Little Ones infant musical gift sets.
Playwell Toy Inc. of Lake Forest, CA
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The rounded ends of the xylophone mallets can get stuck in the throat of a young child.
350,000 units
1 serious injury
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Replacement mallet
Call firm:
(877) PLAY-WELL
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99-153
8/5/99
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Pooh Poppin' Piano toy piano with serial numbers starting with "WT" or "CO15D" (sold before September 1999)
Tiger Electronics Ltd.
Vernon Hills, IL
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Green "leafy" top of carrot-shaped microphone can break off, posing a choking hazard
202,000 units
3 broken parts; no injuries
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Replacement
Call firm:
(888) 748-2860
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99-160
08/19/99
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Bug's Life Flashlights distributed as a premium with cereal
General Mills
Minneapolis, MN
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The flashlight can short circuit and become very hot when turned on, posing a risk of burns.
139,000 units
3 reports of overheating
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Remove and discard batteries, and mail flashlight to get free boxes of cereal and reimbursement for postage:
General Mills
PO Box 2141
Milaca, MN 56353-2141
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99-162
8/27/99
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Activity Trays and Bath Sets with suction cups
Brands: Graco and Children On The Go
Graco Children's Products Inc.
Elverson, PA
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Suction cups can detach, presenting a choking hazard to young children.
100,000 units
4 reports of children starting to choke
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Free repair kit
Call firm
(800) 446-1366
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99-006
10/8/98
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Inflatable Baby Floats for swimming pools
Brand: "Splash Club"
Kmart Corporation
Troy, MI
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The seat of the pool toy can tear at the seam causing children to unexpectedly fall into the water and possibly drown.
114,000 units
1 report of a child falling into water; no injuries
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Return to Kmart store for refund.
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99-032
12/03/98
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Plastic Toy Storage Chest without lid-support device
Iris U.S.A. Inc.
Pleasant Prairie, WI
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These chests lack a lid-support device, do not have adequate ventilation when the lid is closed, and have latches that secure the lids. Children could be entrapped and suffocate.
100,000 units; no injuries
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Return to store where purchased for a refund.
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99-074
3/8/99
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VeggieTales' Dave and the Giant Pickle Playset
Chariot Victor Publishing
Colorado Springs, CO
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Six of the figurines have plastic plugs in their base that can come out, presenting a small parts choking hazard. The "French Peas" figurine also poses a choking hazard because of its size and shape
44,000 units
1 report of a child who put a plug from the playset in his mouth
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Return figurines to firm for free replacement figurines:
Chariot Victor Publishing
4050 Lee Vance View
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
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