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PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL
Effective: September 22, 2006
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The U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC)
announces the following recall
in voluntary cooperation with
the firm below. Consumers should
stop using recalled products
immediately unless otherwise
instructed. |
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Name of product: |
Team Talkin’ Tool Bench™
toys |
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Units: |
About 255,000 |
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Manufacturer: |
Playskool, Pawtucket,
Rhode Island. |
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Hazard: |
Choking hazard from toy
component. |
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Incidents/Injuries: |
Playskool received reports that
a 19-month-old boy from
Martinsburg, W.V., and a
2-year-old boy from League City,
Texas, suffocated when
oversized, plastic toy nails
sold with the tool bench toys
became forcefully lodged in
their throats. Though the toy
nails are not considered a
small-part, and the toys are
intended for children age 3 and
older, Playskool is voluntarily
conducting a recall as a
precaution to prevent additional
incidents. |
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Description: |
The Team Talkin’ Tool Bench™ is
a 20-inch tall plastic toy tool
bench with an animated red toy
saw, a yellow toy drill and a
blue toy vice. The toy talks and
makes various sound effects,
including tool sounds. The
product also includes a toy
hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch
plastic screws, two 3-inch
plastic nails and pieces to
build a small toy plane. The red
Playskool logo is on the front
of the brown surface of the tool
bench. |
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Sold at: |
The toy was sold at Toys R Us,
Wal-Mart, Target,
KB Toys stores and
various other stores nationwide
from October 2005 through
September 2006 for about $35. |
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Manufactured in: |
N/A |
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Remedy: |
Consumers should immediately
take the two toy nails away from
children and contact Playskool
to get information on returning
the nails for a $50 certificate
for a Playskool (or its related
companies’) product. |
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Consumer Contact: |
For additional information, call
Playskool at (800) 509-9554
anytime, or go to their Web site
at
www.playskool.com. |
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