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US Consumer Product Safety Commission - Recent recalls and product safety news

1. Crate and Barrel Recalls Push Walkers Due to Choking and Laceration Hazards
   Walkers can be damaged over time exposing sharp points and small parts, posing choking and laceration hazards to small children.
2. SAMpark Recalls Children’s Pajamas Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard
   The pajamas fail to meet the federal flammability standard for children’s sleepwear that requires sleepwear to be either snug-fitting or flame resistant, posing a risk of burn injuries to children. 
3. Southwire Recalls Electrical Outlet Boxes Due to Fire Hazard
   The electrical receptacles can overheat when in use, posing a fire hazard.
4. Club Car Recalls Gas Golf and Transport Vehicles Due to Fire and Burn Hazards (Recall Alert)
   Fuel can leak from an improperly-routed fuel line, posing fire and burn hazards.
5. Club Car Recalls Gas Utility and Transport Vehicles Due to Risk of Fuel Leak and Fire Hazard (Recall Alert)
   Under continuous operations with low speed idling periods and a full gas tank, the fuel vent can allow fuel to leak, posing a fire hazard.
6. SSR Motorsports Recalls Off‐Highway Competition Motorcycles Due to Crash and Injury Hazards (Recall Alert)
   The vehicle’s front fork assembly can fail during use, causing the rider to lose control, and result in a crash hazard.
7. SunSetter Recalls Vinyl Covers for Motorized Awnings Due to Impact and Fall Hazards; One Death Reported (Recall Alert)
   If a powered awning is activated while the cover is secured with bungee tie-downs, when the cover is removed, the awning can open unexpectedly with enough force to strike a consumer standing in the awning’s path, causing them to fall and suffer death or serious injury.
8. Seattle Manufacturing Corporation Recalls Ice Axes Due to Serious Injury and Fall Hazards
   The spike and/or head of the ice axe can detach from the handle during use, posing serious injury and fall hazards to the climber.
9. BRP Expands Recall of Snowmobiles Due to Fuel Leak and Fire Hazard (Recall Alert)
   The vehicle’s fuel delivery system can leak fuel, posing a fire hazard.  
10. Super Jumper Recalls Trampolines Due to Fall and Injury Hazards
    The welds on the metal railings (legs) can fail, posing fall and injury hazards.
11. London Bridge Recalls Sock and Wrist Rattle Sets Due to Choking Hazard
    Rattles sewn inside the socks and wristbands can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
12. Dorel Juvenile Group USA Recalls Inclined Sleepers Due to Safety Concerns About Inclined Sleep Products
    Infant fatalities have been reported while using other inclined sleep products, after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances.
13. Tristar Products Recalls Magnetic Trivets Due to Magnet Ingestion Hazard (Recall Alert)
    Magnets can detach from the trivets, posing an ingestion hazard to children.When two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside the intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects. 
14. Spansive Recalls Wireless Phone Chargers Due To Burn Hazard (Recall Alert)
    Metallic accessories attached to phones placed on the chargers can overheat while phones charge, posing a burn hazard to users
15. Britax Recalls Modified Thru-Bolt Axles for Use with BOB Jogging Strollers Distributed Through the BOB Information Campaign Due to Fall and Injury Hazards (Recall Alert)
    The modified thru-bolt on the front wheel can fracture, allowing the wheel to detach from the stroller, posing fall and injury hazards to children in the stroller and adults operating the stroller.
16. H&M Recalls Children’s Pajamas Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard
    The children’s pajama sets fail to meet the flammability standard for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.
17. Cycling Sports Group Recalls Cannondale CAADX Cyclocross Bicycles Due to Fall and Serious Injury Hazard; One Fatality Reported
    The fork can break, posing a fall hazard with the risk of death and serious injury.
18. Stokke Recalls Infant Steps Bouncers Due to Fall Hazard
    The Stokke Steps Bouncer can detach from the Stokke Steps Chair, posing a fall hazard to the child in the Bouncer.  
19. Porter Cable Table Saws Sold Exclusively at Lowe’s Stores Recalled Due to Fire Hazard; Made by Chang Type
    The motor can overheat, creating a fire hazard.
20. Trek Recalls Kickster Bikes Due to Fall Hazard
    The steer tube clamp on the bike can break, posing a fall hazard to children.
21. The Boppy Company Recalls Infant Head and Neck Support Accessories Due to Suffocation Hazard
    The head support area can be overstuffed and cause the infant’s head to be tilted too far forward, posing a suffocation hazard
22. Factory Direct Wholesale Recalls Folding Mattresses Due to Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard
    The mattresses fail to meet the mandatory federal flammability standard for mattresses, posing a fire hazard.
23. Bodum Recalls Toasters Due to Shock Hazard
    The recalled toasters can leak electric current when operating at the maximum normal temperature, posing a shock hazard to consumers.
24. Wintergreen Essential Oil Recalled by Epic Business Services Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Closure Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)
    The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, posing a risk of poisoning to young children if they ingest it.
25. VIVO Recalls Speaker Wall Mounts Due to Fall and Injury Hazards
    The ledge on the front of the speaker wall mount can loosen, allowing both the ledge and the speakers to fall, posing an injury hazard to bystanders
26. K2 Sports Recalls Inline Skates Due to Fall Hazard
    The skate axle can become loose or a portion of the axle can sheer off during use resulting in a wheel separating from the skate’s frame, posing a fall hazard.
27. Lifetime Brands Recalls Fitz and Floyd Nevaeh White Can Mugs Due to Burn and Laceration Hazards
    The mugs can crack or break when used with or exposed to hot liquids, posing burn and laceration hazards.  
28. Levolor Recalls Custom Cellular Shades Due to Strangulation Hazard (Recall Alert)
    The pull cords are joined by a non-breakaway cord connector, which poses a strangulation hazard for small children.  
29. Lidl Recalls Wooden Grasping Toys Due to Choking Hazard
    The wooden wheels can detach and release small parts, posing a choking hazard to young children.
30. Office Depot Recalls Desks Due To Shock Hazard (Recall Alert)
    The desk’s control box has an electrical issue resulting in reverse polarity, which could pose a shock hazard.