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

  1. The rear brake caliper can crack or break, reducing the brake system’s effectiveness, posing a risk of serious injury or death due to crash hazard.

  2. The ventilation fan motor in the heat pumps can short circuit if water gets on the circuit board, causing the units to overheat and posing a fire hazard.

  3. The recalled power station’s circuit board can overheat, posing a risk of serious injury from fire and burn hazards.

  4. The LED Tea Lights violate the mandatory safety standard forconsumer products with button cell and coin batteries because the button batteries can be accessed easily by children, posing an ingestion hazard. Additionally, the packaging and product do not have the warnings required under Reese’s Law. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.

  5. The recalled mattresses violate the mandatory flammability standard formattresses, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire.

  6. The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and an adequate-length power cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.

  7. The recalled hockey visors and replacement visor accessories can crack upon impact, posing a risk of injury due to laceration or impact hazards.

  8. The recalled minifridges’ electrical switch can short circuit, posing fire and burn hazards.

  9. The recalled magnetic building cubes contain magnets that can become loose if the cubes break or open, posing a magnet ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.

  10. Use of the fire pits can result in uncontrolled pool fires where flames burn across the surface of pooled or spilled alcohol, as well as flame jetting from fuel containers, resulting in serious or fatal burns.

  11. The baby jumper, baby swing and 2-in-1 baby jumper & swing can become unstable, posing fall and impact hazards. Additionally, the hanging restraint straps and seat openings can pose strangulation hazards.

  12. The recalled toys violate thesmall parts ban because they are intended for children under three years old and the wooden beads pose a deadly choking hazard to young children.

  13. The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standards as required by theSTURDY Act.

  14. The recalled fuel containers violate the requirement for closures under theChildren’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act. The closure is not child-resistant, posing a risk of burns and poisoning to children.

  15. The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and, because the power cord is short, it may encourage use of an extension cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.

  16. The recalled youth ATVs violate the mandatory safety standard forATVs because the parking brakes fail to hold and the ATV’s speed limiting device is not set to the restricted speed required for children ages six (6) and older, posing a crash hazard. Additionally, the ATVs are missing the required rear safety reflectors, reducing visibility of the youth ATV to other vehicles, posing a deadly crash hazard.

  17. During assembly or disassembly, the frame of the wall bed can fall onto consumers, posing deadly impact, crush and laceration hazards.

  18. The recalled mattresses violate the mandatory flammability standard formattresses, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fire.

  19. The alloy insert located in the front crown hole of the carbon fork can come loose, causing an accessory to fall off and land on the bike's front wheel, posing a risk of serious injury or death from a fall and crash hazard.

  20. The recalled sound maker violates the mandatory safety standard forconsumer products with button cell and coin batteries because the lithium coin batteries can be accessed easily by children, posing an ingestion hazard. Additionally, the packaging and product do not have the warnings required under Reese’s Law. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.

  21. The recalled magnetic cubes violate themandatory standard for toys because the cubes were packaged with loose high-powered magnets, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.

  22. The recalled pressure washers lack an integral ground-fault circuit-interrupter (GFCI) and, because the power cord is short, it may encourage use of an extension cord, posing serious risks of injury or death from shock and electrocution hazards.

  23. The fuel containers violate the requirement for closures under theChildren’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act because the closure is not child-resistant, posing a risk of burns and poisoning to children.

  24. The pre-filled fuel containers violate the mandatory safety standards of thePortable Fuel Container Safety Act because they lack flame mitigation devices, posing a deadly risk of flash fire and burn hazard.

  25. The fan blades can separate from the fan motor flywheel, posing impact and injury hazards to consumers.

  26. The recalled mowers violate the mandatory safety standard for walk-behind power lawn mowers because the blades can operate without the blade control system engaged or continue to operate even after the release of the control, posing a serious laceration hazard.

  27. The bolts on the attic stairway ladders can break while in use, posing a risk of serious injury or death from fall hazard.

  28. The recalled headbands violate themandatory safety standard for toyswith button cell and coin batteries because the lithium coin batteries can be accessed easily by children, posing an ingestion hazard. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.

  29. The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standard as required by theSTURDY Act.

  30. The magnetic fidget sliders violate the mandatory standard for toys because they can liberate loose magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.