Product: Multi-purpose lighters shaped like matchsticks
Company: The Amen Wardy Home store in Caesar's Palace, in Las Vegas, Nev., and the firm's Web site sold these lighters, from July 2002 through January 2003, for between $10 and $20.
Product Type: Outdoor / Sports / Ride-On
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The lighters lack child-resistant mechanisms that meet federal safety standards. Young children could operate these lighters, which poses a fire hazard.
Product: Wooden convertible cribs sold under the following model names: "Always Crib," "Crib 4 Life," "Legendary Crib," "Set 4 Life," and "Crib-2-College"
Company: Baby's Dream Furniture Inc., of Buena Vista, Ga.
Hazard: The three hinges along the fold-down drop gate can crack or break and allow babies to have their fingers pinched. Additionally, a misaligned latch where the latch trigger does not lock securely can allow the drop gate to open if a child leans on it,...
Product: Toy Drumsticks (sold with the Parents Bee Bop Band drum sets)
Company: Target, Sam's Club and smaller retailers sold the Parents Bee Bop Band drum sets nationwide, from November 2001 through March 2003, for about $25.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The end piece of the drumstick handle can break off, posing a choking hazard to young children. Additionally, the screw at the end of the drumstick can loosen and detach, posing a choking hazard.
Company: Wal-Mart stores nationwide sold these toys, from November 2002 through April 2003, for about $14.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: The toy, which is designed to encourage crawling babies to pull themselves up and stand, can tip over during use and strike falling babies in the head, face or neck, resulting in injuries.
Company: Kindermusik International, of Browns Summit, N.C.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: Some of the Fiddlesticks have caps that can become loose, allowing ball bearings to spill from the inside of the sticks. Both the caps and the ball bearings pose a potential choking hazard to young children.
Company: Wal-Mart stores sold these Party Poppers nationwide from January 2003 through March 2003 for about $2.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The Party Popper is a rocket-shaped device that shoots into the air when the string is pulled. The cone-shaped top can pop off rapidly, and can hit and injure both children and adults.
Hazard: The paint on the metal wires of these toys contains excess levels of lead. Lead poisoning is a serious hazard to children and is associated with behavioral problems, learning disabilities, hearing problems and growth retardation.
Product: Christmas House Plush Bear and "Christmas House Christmas Plush" dolls
Company: Dollar Tree, Only One Dollar, Only $1, Dollar Express, and Dollar Bills stores nationwide sold these toys, from June 2002 through March 2003, for about $1.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Children’s Clothing
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: Buttons on the jacket of these toys can be pulled off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Furniture stores nationwide sold the recalled toy chests, from May 2000 through January 2002, for about $99.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: The toy chest's lid support hinges can fail, allowing the lid to fall onto a child's head, neck, fingers or hands. In addition, spaces at the end of the hinge on the lid can cause pinch, crush or laceration injuries to children's fingers.
Product: Land's End Little Girl's Fur Trimmed Parka and Little Kids' Reversible Down Parka
Company: The parkas were sold through the Lands' End catalog, web site and certain Sears, Roebuck and Co. retail stores, from November 2002 through mid-January 2003, for $79.50 or below.
Product Type: Outdoor / Sports / Ride-On
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The zipper box may detach, allowing the zipper slide to detach. The small parts, if detached, could pose a risk of choking.
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.
Hazard: These lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children can ignite the lighters, presenting fire and burn hazards.
Product: 2003 Kawasaki "KFX50" All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
Company: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) of Irvine, Calif.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: There is the potential for failure of a weld securing the tie-rod plate to the steering column. If the weld fails, the plate can become detached from the steering column, resulting in a loss of steering control.
Company: Dealerships nationwide sold these ATVs, from August 2002 through January 2003, for $1500.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: The ATV contains a remote shutoff switch that shuts the ATV off. For the remote shutoff switch to work, the receiver switch on the ATV must be in the on position. It was possible for the ATV to be started with the receiver switch in...
