Dive Sticks
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Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.
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Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.
Brave Products Inc., Streator, Ill.
The log splitter's hydraulic cylinders can have defective rod retention, causing the seals to leak and the rods to detach. This can result in serious injury to the operator, as the rod can rapidly and unexpectedly extend the splitting wedge.
HIS International, of New York, NY
The paint on the buttons contains excessive lead levels, posing a lead poisoning hazard to young children.
Sea Gull Lighting Products Inc., of Riverside, N.J.
Due to a manufacturing defect in a component part, the light fixture could fall and strike a person beneath the light fixture. The fixture also poses a laceration risk if the lamp breaks.
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The seam on the plastic balls can separate, releasing the small toy inside and posing a choking hazard to young children.
Trane and American Standard, divisions of American Standard Inc., of Tyler, Texas
A gas leak can occur if there is a crack in the gas valve body near the inlet pipe connection. A build-up of gas in the burner compartment of the unit could occur, which could be ignited by an internal spark.
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The walkers fit through a standard doorway and are not designed to stop at the edge of a step. Additionally, these walkers can tip-over. Babies using these walkers can be seriously injured or killed.
BISSELL Homecare Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich.
The carpet cleaner's metal upper handle can pose an electric shock hazard to consumers.
Stihl Inc., of Virginia Beach, Va.
An internal clip may become dislodged and, as a result, the clutch shoes could be projected from the clutch housing and strike consumers, posing the risk of injury.
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The lighters lack child-resistant mechanisms that meet federal safety standards. Young children could operate these lighters, which pose a fire hazard. Federal standards require multi-purpose lighters to have the same level of child-resistance as required in the safety standard for cigarette lighters. The child-resistant mechanism must operate safely, function for the expected life of the lighter, and not be easy to deactivate. The child-resistant mechanism also must automatically reset after each use.
Giftco, Inc. of Vernon Hills, IL
The plastic fork prongs in the plate set can break, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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Small parts can break off during use, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Shimano American Corp., of Irvine, Calif.
The bicycle brake cable can detach during braking, causing the rider to lose control and fall.
Superlines International, Taiwan R.O.C.
The lamp may shatter in use, causing a threat of serious injury from glass.
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., of Quebec, Canada
Inappropriate clutch ring gear installed on some units. This may cause ring gear fragmentation at high speeds and debris could act as projectiles. A projectile could cause serious injury or death.
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The nipple can detach from the pacifier, posing a choking hazard to young children.
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When connected to a computer, a static discharge to the sensor can cause the sensor to draw too much current from the computer, causing the sensor to get hot. The sensor can get hot enough to cause a burn to the skin or damage objects in contact with it.
Horn Sing Ind. Company Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan
The hook or handle of the candleholder can overheat and break, causing the lit candle to fall out and pose a fire hazard.
Dubbster (H & M private label), H & M, of New York, N.Y.
The furry trim on the sweaters is dangerously flammable.
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The lid can fall on a child who is looking or reaching inside, entrapping the child at the neck, which poses a risk of strangulation. Also, the lid can close and self-fasten, entrapping the child inside the trunk, which poses a suffocation hazard.