Recall Category: Kids Recalls
Recall Date: 2003-02-20T00:00:00
Product: Fun Buckets
Company: Playnation Play Systems of Kennesaw, Ga.
Hazard: As children play on the play set's slide or platform, the 6- to 8-ft free- hanging rope can become entangled around the child's neck. This presents a strangulation hazard to young children.
Description: This recall involves "Fun Buckets" sold as an add-on option for backyard play sets. The 14-inch-deep buckets are either yellow or green vinyl and have a black nylon strap attached to the rope. The "Fun Bucket" was sold with a heavy wood bracket to attach it to the roof of a play set fort.
Remedy: Consumers should take down the "Fun Buckets" immediately and return them to the store where purchased, for a refund or a credit toward another product.
Incidents / Injuries: Playnation is aware of two incidents where the bucket's rope became entangled around the necks of two 4-year-olds. Both of the children were freed without injury.
Recall Number: 03084
Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Outdoor / Sports / Ride-On
Hazard Type: Suffocation / Strangulation / Entrapment