Florida Parents Alert: Defective Product Recall on Little Tikes Toys with Choking Hazard
Parents of children who own and play with Little Tikes™ Workshops Sets and Trucks should be aware that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a product recall on those items, due to potential choking hazards.
The Little Tikes company of Hudson, Ohio, issued the recall of its toy workshop sets and toy trucks because oversized plastic toy nails may pose a choking hazard to children. The recall came as a result of a South Carolina boy getting one of the plastic nails lodged in his throat. According to news reports, the child is expected to make a full recovery.
The company indicates that the affected products (see link below for a full list) were sold at Toys “R” Us and other retail stores and websites from March '94 - June '09, at prices between $25 and $100. Consumers may contact Little Tikes for replacement nails that meet CPSC safety standards.
Florida product liability attorneys are aware of national product recalls such as this one, where the CPSC alerts news media and the public once it becomes aware of potentially dangerous products and products that have actually caused injury or death.
Dangers in Your Florida Home?: Other Defective Product Recalls
The CPSC offers a searchable database where consumers may find out what products in their homes may have been affected by hazardous product recalls. So far in August '09, the CPSC has issued more than a dozen recalls of a variety of defective products sold at national stores -- from child booster seats to exercise equipment to paper towel dispensers to Wii™ battery recharge stations (link below to list of August recalls of products that could cause personal injury or death).
Little Tikes™ Recalls Children’s Toy Workshop Sets and Trucks Due to Choking Hazard
News from CPSC Aug. 13, 2009
Little Tikes Workshop Sets, Trucks Recalled
Toy Nails Pose Choking Hazard
WSBTV.com Aug. 13, 2009
LittleTikes.com: Products Affected by Recall
Related Web Resources
US Consumer Product Safety Commission: Toy Hazard Recalls
US Consumer Product Safety Commission: August 2009 Recalls and Product Safety News
