|
|
||
|
Name of Product: Safety Latches and Outlet Covers Units: About 37,000 Importer: Prime-Line, of Redlands, Calif. Hazard: The screws on the safety latches and outlet covers can loosen and/or break. When this happens, young children can gain access to electrical outlets and other potentially hazardous items. Incidents/Injuries: Prime-Line has received four reports of screws [...]  Tags: access to potentially hazardous items, Ace Hardware, Bostwic-Braun, Cal-Do-It Centers, Child Safe, Child Safety, Child Safety Latches, Child Safety Outlets, Cimarron Lumber & Supply, Do-It-Best, electrocution hazard, Friedman Brothers, Handy Hardware, Menards, Orgill, Prime-Line, screws, screws breaking, The Andersons Inc., True Value, W.E. Aubuchon Category → Baby, Child Safety, Household Items  Leave a comment  Now that it’s official, I am reposting this just in case you missed it the first time I posted it on 6/17/11. CPSC votes to grant extension of time to comply with new rules to crib rental companies WASHINGTON, D.C. – In less than two weeks, a new generation of safer cribs will [...] Tags: beds & cribs, Child Safety, compliance Category → Baby, Child Safety, Cribs, Furniture One comment WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously to approve new mandatory standards for full-size and non-full-size baby cribs as mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The federal crib standards had not been updated in nearly 30 years and these new rules are expected to [...] Tags: beds & cribs, Child Safety, drop side cribs, mandatory crib standards Category → Baby, Child Safety, Cribs, Strangulation, Suffocation Leave a comment WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of its commitment to ensure safe sleep for young children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is once again warning parents and caregivers about deadly hazards with drop-side cribs. In the last five years, CPSC has announced 11 recalls involving more than 7 million drop-side cribs due to [...] Name of Product: Maclaren Strollers Units: About one million Distributor: Maclaren USA, Inc., of South Norwalk, Conn. Hazard: The stroller’s hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller. Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received 15 reports of children placing their finger in the stroller’s [...] Tags: amputation hazard, Babies "R" Us, Child Safety, Maclaren, Strollers, Target Category → Baby One comment The end of outdoor swimming and pool season doesn’t mean the end of drowning dangers for young children. After pools, more children drown in bathtubs than in any other product in and around the home. For 2003-2005, CPSC staff received reports of an average of 90 children younger than 5 years of age who [...] |
Please consider making a donation to help pay web hosting fees. Donations are always welcome and appreciated!
 
|
|
Copyright © 2012 Children's Product Recalls - All Rights Reserved |
||
Links monetized by VigLink
