Company: Basic Comfort Inc., of Denver, Colo., Department and juvenile products stores nationwide including JC Penney and One Step Ahead sold these infant seat pads, from October 1998 through May 2001, for about $11.
Product Type: High Chairs / Seating, Baby / Infant Products
Hazard: The seat pad has two shoulder straps that create a v-shaped opening around the head and neck, presenting a strangulation hazard to young children.
Company: Stores in tourist areas throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas sold the bears, from July 1997 through February 2001, for between $20 to $50.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The noses, bells, and eyes of the bears can detach, presenting a choking hazard to young children. The eyes also present a sharp point hazard.
Company: Sears stores exclusively sold these P-Handle hand trucks, from February 2001 through May 2001, for about $30. Independent discount stores located in California, Arizona and Texas sold these baby walkers, from January 1998 through July 2001, for between $18 and $22.
Hazard: If the tires of the hand trucks are substantially over-inflated beyond the recommended maximum 30 P.S.I., the rims of the tire can separate under the intense pressure and strike the user or bystanders. The walkers will fit through a standard doorway and are not designed...
Company: Chain stores and independent retailers, including Babies "R" Us, Right Start, and Burlington Coat Factory, sold these high chairs, from June 1996 through October 1999, for about $180.
Hazard: When the seat is reclined, the high chairs have a space between the armrest and backrest, in which a child's head or arm can become entrapped. This can pose a risk of suffocation or injury to the heads or arms of young children.
Product: Let's Start™ Numbers and "Optical Illusions Lab" educational kits
Company: Advantage Publishers Group, of San Diego, Calif.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Chemical / Toxicity Hazard
Hazard: The red painted numbers on the acetate stencil sheet included in the "Let's Start™" kit contain lead; and the gold paint bearing the words "Kasy's Extrafine" on the black pen included in the "Optical Illusions" kit has lead.
Product: Twin plantation bed headboards, queen plantation bed headboards, plantation nightstands and antique tin mirrors
Company: Neiman Marcus, of Chesnut Hill, Mass.
Product Type: Cribs / Beds / Sleep Products
Hazard Type: Chemical / Toxicity Hazard
Hazard: The furniture could be painted with lead-containing paint. Ingestion of lead from deteriorating paint is a major source of lead poisoning for children 6 years old and under.
Company: Stihl Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va., Inglesina USA Inc., of Montclair, N.J.
Product Type: Other Children’s Product
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: A missing screw can cause the chain brake to fail to operate, presenting a laceration hazard to consumers. The seats were sold without a seat belt, posing a risk to children who climb out of the seat.
Product: Remote Controlled Toy Race Cars and Galileo Weather Thermometers
Company: Participating Texaco gas stations nationwide sold the cars under the "Need for Speed" promotion, from May 2001 through June 1, 2001, for about $12, with any $10 purchase., The Christmas Tree Shops Inc. in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Albany, New York sold these thermometers, from June 2000 through December 2000, for $12.99.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Burn / Fire Hazard
Hazard: Problems with the circuits are rendering some of the Remote Controlled Race Cars inoperable. These cars can overheat and emit smoke and may pose a potential burn hazard. The thermometers contain a liquid that is flammable and a hazardous substance that could be harmful or...
Hazard: The strollers can unexpectedly collapse or the car seat/carrier adapter can unexpectedly detach. When this happens, an infant or young child inside the stroller or an attached car seat/carrier can fall to the ground and suffer serious injuries.
Company: KB Toy store, KB Toy Works, KB Toy Outlet, Big Lots, Odd Lots, Pic N Save and MacFrugals nationwide sold the toys, from September 2000 through January 2001, for between $20 and $30. The toys also were sold online at KBKids.com.
Hazard: Five detachable hanging rattle toys have small round pegs at the top of the toys that can break off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Hazard: This product is an infant cushion manufactured by Battat for Parents™ magazine. Infant pillows and cushions have been banned under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act since 1992 because they pose a suffocation hazard to infants. In addition, two 8- to 9-inch cords, which attach toys...
Product: Star Cruiser® and Rocket Rider® swings on backyard gym sets
Company: Department, toy, discount, lumber, and hardware stores nationwide, including Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart and Kmart, sold the gyms, from September 2000 through April 2001, for $150 to $400.
Product Type: Outdoor / Sports / Ride-On
Hazard Type: Fall / Injury Hazard
Hazard: Screws that hold the swing together can fall out, causing the seat to fall to the ground, posing an injury risk to children.
Company: Department stores including Parisian, Carson Pirie Scott, Younkers, McRae's, Proffitt's, Bergner's, Herberger's and Boston Store nationwide sold the vests, from July 2000 through January 2001, for about $24.
Product Type: Baby / Infant Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The elastic toggle cord on the end of the zipper pulls can loosen and come off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Product: Tropical Fish and Rockin' Reptile Push'n Pop toys
Company: Toy stores, doctor and dentist offices, and carnivals and circuses sold and distributed these toys, from August 1998 through March 2001. They were sold for about $1.
Product Type: Toys / Play Products
Hazard Type: Choking Hazard
Hazard: The balloon tongues and the cylinders holding the tongues on these toys can detach, which poses choking and aspiration hazards to young children.
