Hazard: The slats on the cribs can loosen and detach from the drop side rail, creating a large opening between the slats, where a child's head or neck could become entrapped, resulting in serious injury or death.
Product: GL-X200™ Estes Air™ Powered Rocket Systems
Company: Department stores nationwide, including Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and Zany Brainy, as well as e-businesses, catalogers and hobby shops sold these rockets, from February 2001 through February 2002, for between $20 and $40.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: The rockets' foam tips can break off, exposing sharp edges that can cause face lacerations or eye injuries to consumers. The rocket systems also have weak pump handles that can break during use, posing a risk of hand lacerations to consumers.
Hazard: It is possible to misassemble the seats of these swings, so that they appear secure, but are not. If the seat of the swing is not properly attached, the seat and baby can flip forward.
Product: Greendog® girl's capri pant and shirt set
Company: Macy's, Burdines, The Bon Marche, Rich's, Lazarus and Goldsmith's sold the capri sets nationwide, between January 2002 and February 2002, for about $26.
Product Type: Children’s Clothing
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The buttons in the center of the embroidered flowers on the shirt can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: Sears stores nationwide distributed the mini beach chairs, with the purchase of $20 worth Time Out cosmetics, from June 2000 through August 2000.
Product Type: High Chairs / Seating
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: The chairs can collapse, posing crush and amputation hazards to consumer's fingers and toes.
Company: Tough Traveler Ltd., of Schenectady, N.Y.
Product Type: Strollers / Seats / Carriers
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: A child could fall from a carrier when the seat restraint strap is not doubled-back through the slider if the carrier's safety harness is not used. The seat restraint strap is located between the child's legs when the child is seated.
Hazard: When one of the front doors is open, a child's finger can become stuck inside spaces between parts of the hinges, causing finger crushing or pinching to occur while the door is closing.
Company: Dollar Tree, Only One Dollar, Only $1, Dollar Express, and Dollar Bills retail stores nationwide sold the paperweights, from August 2000 through September 2000, for about $1.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Other Safety Hazard
Hazard: The paperweights can leak petroleum distillates, which can pose ingestion and flammability hazards to consumers.
Product: Nature's Valley, Women's Formula Multivitamin
Company: Leiner Health Products, of Carson, Calif.
Product Type: Feeding / Teething Products
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard, Chemical / Toxicity Hazard
Hazard: The supplements being recalled are not packaged in child-resistant packaging, as required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. If ingested by children, these iron-containing supplements can cause serious injury or death.
Company: Graco Children's Products, Inc., of Elverson, Pa.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The Snack and Activity Trays are sold with detached suction cups that the consumer installs. If the suction cups are not properly attached, they can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: The two "Raley's" cars were sold exclusively at Raley's supermarkets, from July 2000 through December 2000. Department, toy, and specialty/collectible stores sold all of the other pedal cars, from November 1999 through January 2002, for between $100 and $500.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard, Chemical / Toxicity Hazard
Hazard: The paint coating on some of these pedal cars contains high lead levels. CPSC standards ban toys and other children's products containing high levels of lead. Young children could ingest the lead from the car's paint coating, presenting a lead poisoning hazard.
Company: Grocery and discount department stores nationwide sold the Snuggle fabric softener that included the 5-inch and 8-inch bears, between May 1999 and July 2001. The Pajama and Nightcap 5-inch bears also were given away to consumers who sent in two proofs of purchase for Snuggle fabric softener, between November 2001 and December 2001. The 10-inch bears were distributed, from May 1997 through May 1998, to consumers who sent in a proof of purchase for Snuggle fabric softener and up to $4.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products, Children’s Clothing
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The eyes and noses of these bears can come off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Hazard: The books have a plastic abacus-like toy attached to the back cover, that contains five plastic beads. The beads can separate from the book cover, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Company: The lighters were sold nationwide from December 2000 to May 2001.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: The lighters do not have a child-resistant mechanism, as required by federal law. Young children could ignite the lighters, presenting fire and burn hazards.
