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It’s not often that I post refrigerator recalls, but if your kids are anything like mine, they’re always in the fridge … Name of Product: Liebherr Freestanding 30-Inch Wide, Bottom Freezer Refrigerators Units: About 8,000 units (About 5,700 built-in 30-inch wide, bottom freezer refrigerators were recalled in March 2011) Importer: Liebherr-Canada [...] Name of Product: PAX AURLAND wardrobe mirror doors Units: About 1,700 in the United States and 500 in Canada Importer/Retailer: IKEA North America Service, of Conshohocken, Pa. Hazard: The mirror glass can detach unexpectedly from the wardrobe door, fall and shatter, posing a laceration hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: IKEA has received reports of 14 [...]  Tags: Ikea, laceration hazard, PAX AURLAND, wardrobe mirror doors Category → Furniture, Household Items, Laceration  Leave a comment  Name of Products: Microfiber Glider Recliners with Ottomans and Leather Glider Recliners with Ottomans Units: About 375,000 Retailer: Big Lots, of Columbus, Ohio. Hazard: An exposed gap between the moving parts of the chair and the base framework can allow access to toddlers and infants, posing an entrapment hazard. In addition, other exposed moving [...] Tags: Big Lots, entrapment hazard, fingers, Glider Recliners with Ottomans, Leather, Microfiber, pinch hazard Category → Entrapment, Furniture, Household Items, Pinch Leave a comment This is for those families who use carbon monoxide detectors …
Name of Product: CO 1224T Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors Units: About 20,000 Manufacturer: Sensor System, of St. Charles, Ill. Distributor: ADT Security Services Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla. Hazard: When the CO detectors reach the end of their useful life, [...] Name of Product: “Innovations” and “At Home with Meijer” Roman shades and roll-up blinds Units: About 3,200 units (240,000 originally recalled in March 2010) Importer/Retailer: Meijer, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturer: Whole Space Industries LTD, of Centereach, N.Y. Hazard: Roman Shades – Strangulation can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed [...] Name of Product: Ballard Designs “Stafford” step stools Units: About 2,500 Distributor/Retailer: Ballard Designs, Inc. of Atlanta, Ga. Hazard: Plastic tabs on the feet of the step stools can cause the stools to be unstable, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: Ballard Designs has received six reports that the stools were not stable, [...] Tags: Ballard Designs, ballarddesigns.com, fall hazard, hsn.com, Stafford, step stools Category → Fall, Household Items Leave a comment For those parents who use night lights in their children’s rooms or in their bathrooms… Name of product: LED night lights Units: About 10,000 Importer: Corvest Acquisition Inc. (now Camsing Global LLC), of Largo, Fla. Hazard: The LED night lights can overheat, smolder, and melt which may cause minor burns to [...] Tags: burn hazard, Camsing Global, Corvest Acquisition, LED, night lights Category → Burn, Household Items Leave a comment Name of Product: Step Stools with Storage Units: About 341,000 (206,000 were recalled on August 4, 2011) Importer: Target Corporation, of Minneapolis, Minn. Hazard: The wooden step stools can break apart or collapse under the weight of the user, posing a fall hazard. Incidents/Injuries: Target has received 27 reports of the stools breaking or [...] Tags: Circo, Do Your Room step stool, DYR, fall hazard, step stools, Step Stools with Storage, storage, Target, Target.com, wooden Category → Fall, Household Items, Target Leave a comment Most households have some kind of office area, so although this isn’t specifically a children’s item, it is something that children could use or be exposed to in the home. Name of Product: Realspace™ PRO 3000 Series Desk Chairs Units: About 34,000 in the United States and 425 in Canada Importer: Office Depot Inc., [...] Name of Product: Step Stools with Storage Units: About 206,000 Importer: Target Corporation, of Minneapolis, Minn. Hazard: The wooden step stools can break apart or collapse under the weight of the user, posing a fall hazard. Incidents/Injuries: Target has received 26 reports of the stools breaking or collapsing. Fourteen incidents involved children, seven involved [...] Tags: Circo, Do Your Room, DYR, fall hazard, step stools, storage, Target Category → Fall, Household Items, Target Leave a comment |
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