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Fingertip amputations prompt Graco stroller recall
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http://www.kvue.com/news/consumer/Fingertip-amputations-prompt-Graco-stroller-recall-82164232.html
Fingertip amputations prompt Graco stroller recall
(Slide show indicating hinge affected in article)
by Associated Press
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Updated today at 12:18 PM
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WASHINGTON – About 1.5 million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major retailers are being recalled after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products.
The recall by Graco Children's Products Inc. includes certain model numbers of its Passage, Alano and Spree Strollers and Travel Systems. The Exton, Pa., company received seven reports of children placing their fingers in a stroller's canopy hinge as the canopy was being opened or closed. Five children had their fingertips severed and two children received cuts on their fingertips.
The strollers were made in China by Graco and sold at AAFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies R Us, Toys R Us, Kmart, Fred Meyer, Meijer, Navy Exchange, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart and other retailers nationwide from October 2004 to December 2009.
In announcing the recall Wednesday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said the strollers pose an amputation and laceration hazard to children when opening or closing the canopy. The government advised consumers to stop using the strollers and contact Graco to receive a free repair kit.
The recall involves strollers made between October 2004 and February 2008. The model numbers and manufacture dates are on the lower inside portion of the rear frame, just above the rear wheels.
This is the second major recall in recent months of strollers that led to fingertip amputations and injuries. Last November, about a million Maclaren strollers were recalled after there were 12 reports of children's fingertips being amputated by a hinge mechanism.
The safety commission is now examining all strollers with the designs that have caused the fingertip amputations, said spokesman Scott Wolfson.
"CPSC is taking a larger look at the entire product line to determine what steps need to be taken to keep children safe in and around strollers," he said.
For more information about the recalled strollers, consumers can call 800-345-4109 or visit
http://www.cpsc.gov
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I noticed there was a 2010 recall. Did they keep making the strollers with the dangerous hinges?
http://www.kvue.com/story/money/consumer/2014/11/20/infant-fingertip-amputations-lead-to-huge-graco-stroller-recall/19315087/
Infant 'fingertip amputations' lead to huge Graco stroller recall
November 20, 104
Nearly five million Graco baby strollers have been recalled due to "fingertip amputation hazard," but an ABC News investigation found that if this recall goes like most safety recalls, a vast majority could end up still on the market, posing a threat to infants for years to come.
The recall, to be announced later today by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and Canadian and Mexican officials, says Graco has received reports of 11 finger injuries "including six reports of fingertip amputations, four reports of partial-fingertip amputation and one finger laceration."
The recall affects 11 models of Graco strollers made from August 2000 to September 2014 -- about 4.7 million strollers in the U.S., more than 200,000 in Canada and 10,300 in Mexico. Owners are told to contact Graco "immediately" to get a free repair kit and, before the kit comes, to "exercise extreme care" when unfolding and using the stroller. A CPSC official told ABC News the fix is "very easy to install" and if parents just safely engage the lock, they can use the stroller until the new hinge cover arrives.
The bigger problem: The ABC News "20/20" investigation, airing Friday, found that most recalled products are not turned in or fixed, remaining in homes or listed for sale.
Under current federal law, there is no minimum effort that manufacturers have to make, or money they have to spend, to get the word out about the safety recalls.
It is illegal to sell a recalled product, but in a joint investigation with 17 ABC News affiliates across the country, reporters found a wide range of recalled products easily available for resale.
"We need to solve this problem and we need as much energy and as much participation from all different aspects we can," Elliot Kaye, the head of the CPSC, told ABC News in his first major interview since being appointed chairman earlier this year.
Kaye said all too often manufacturers give only lip service to safety and fail to spend the money necessary to make sure their recalls are widely known by American families.
See if your stroller model number is affected
http://www.pages02.net/newellrubbermaid/literiderrecall2014/default/?utm_source=gracobaby&utm_medium=hpbanner&utm_campaign=strollerrk2014
To see if a product you've purchased has been recalled, go to
http://www.saferproducts.gov/
Graco's Website:
http://www.gracobaby.com/pages/home.aspx
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