Company: Specialty toy stores, web retailers and school supply catalogs sold the recalled puzzle and activity sets, from January 1999 to July 2002. Toddler Totes were sold for about $15 and Familiar Things were sold for about $20.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The dog puzzle included with both of these products and the rubber handle on the box of the activity set can tear apart into small pieces and pose a choking hazard to small children.
Product: Novelty cigarette lighters in the shape of "Coca Cola" and "Budweiser" beverage cans
Company: Grocery, gift, and liquor stores, as well as smoke shops and gas station food marts in Oregon and southwest Washington sold these lighters, from October 2001 through February 2002, for about $3.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: These lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, posing fire and burn hazards.
Company: Participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts nationwide distributed the cooler chairs, between May 2002 and June 2002, for free to hotel guests with children.
Product Type: High Chairs / Seating
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: When the chair collapses, the folding mechanism can pose a crushing, cutting or severing hazard to consumers' fingers.
Company: Dollar Tree Stores sold these drip pans nationwide, from April 2002 to May 2002, for about $1.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: These drip pans are used under the burners of kitchen ranges to catch food that drips while cooking. The hot burners can ignite the drip pans and pose a fire hazard.
Company: Retailers and distributors nationwide sold these lighters, between December 2000 and May 2001, for about $5.
Product Type: Outdoor / Sports / Ride-On
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The lighters may have child-resistant mechanisms that do not meet federal safety standards. Young children may be able to operate these lighters, which could pose a fire hazard.
Company: The Hammacher Schlemmer® catalog sold the lighters nationwide, between August 2001 and February 2002, for $39.95.
Product Type: Outdoor / Sports / Ride-On
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The lighters were imported into this country without first being tested to ensure they comply with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's requirements that the lighters be child-resistant. Child-resistant requirements were adopted to reduce the risk of fires and deaths caused by children playing with multi-purpose...
Company: Convenience and liquor stores and gas station food markets in northern California sold these lighters, from March 1999 through April 2002, for about $4.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: These lighters do not have child-resistant mechanisms, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, posing fire and burn hazards.
Hazard: The buttons on the garment are sewn on too loosely, creating a danger of them falling off or being easily pulled off, which poses a potential choking hazard to young children.
Hazard: The middle lid support hinge can collapse suddenly and cause an injury to a child's head, neck, fingers, or hands; or can become an entrapment hazard to young children.
Company: The Sportsman's Guide sold the red wagon nationwide through its catalogue, the Internet and the Sportsman's Guide retail store, from October 2001 through April 2002, for about $60.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: The Big Red Wagon has four rubber wheels that include plastic rims that may break and explode under pressure, when being inflated. Parts of the wheel and the tire can strike and injure anyone nearby.
Company: Hobby shops and department stores nationwide, including Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, Target and K-mart sold these planes, between January 2002 and May 20, 2002, for about $20.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard, Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The plastic air intake chamber of the air-powered toy planes can burst, throwing plastic pieces, posing a laceration, bruise and abrasion hazard to consumers.
Company: Juvenile products, specialty and discount department stores nationwide, including Target, K-Mart, Bed Bath and Beyond and Baby Central, sold the baby floats, from August 2000 through September 2001, for between $10 and $13.
Product Type: Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: The leg holes in the seat of the float can tear, causing children to unexpectedly fall into the water and, possibly, drown.
Hazard: The steering wheel can break away from its base, allowing the small plastic turn signal and horn pieces to come off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Toy and discount stores sold these cotton candy machines nationwide, from September 2001 through April 2002, for about $27.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The motors on the cotton candy machines can jam and overheat, posing a fire hazard. Additionally, the heating unit can be activated without the spinner in place, presenting a risk of burn to consumers.
Hazard: When the seat is used as a carrier, the plastic handle can unexpectedly release from the carrying position. When this happens, an unrestrained infant can fall to the ground and suffer injuries.
Hazard: The bean bags contain small polystyrene beads that present suffocation and strangulation hazards to young children who may inhale the small beads. The recalled bean bag chairs have zippers that were not properly sealed to prevent young children from opening the bean bag chairs and...
