New Easy-Bake Oven Recall Following Partial Finger Amputation; Consumers Urged to Return Toy Ovens
Recall 07245 · Jul 19, 2007 · New Easy-Bake Oven
1,000,000
units affected
1,000,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 07245
- Date
- Jul 19, 2007
- Company
- New Easy-Bake Oven
- Units affected
- 1,000,000
- Product
- Easy-Bake Ovens
- Product type
- Toy Miscellaneous
- Hazard
- Fire
The product
The Easy-Bake Oven is a purple and pink plastic oven that resembles a kitchen range with four burners on top and a front-loading oven. "Easy Bake" is printed on the front of the oven. Model number 65805 and "Hasbro" are stamped into the plastic on the back of the oven. This recall includes all units with the retrofit kit. The Easy-Bake Oven is an electric toy and is not recommended for children under eight years of age. Ovens sold before May 2006 are not included in this recall.
What can happen
Young children can insert their hands into the oven's front opening, and get their hands or fingers caught, posing entrapment and burn hazards.
The fix
Caregivers should immediately take the recalled Easy-Bake Oven away from children, and call Easy-Bake for instructions on how to return the toy oven for a voucher towards the purchase of another Hasbro product.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Since the repair program announced in February, Easy-Bake has received 249 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught in the oven's opening, including 77 reports of burns, 16 of which were reported as second and third-degree burns. Easy-Bake also received one report of a serious burn that required a partial finger amputation to a 5-year-old girl.
- Sold at
- Toys "R" Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys and other retailers nationwide from May 2006 through July 2007 for about $25.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled easy-bake ovens?
Caregivers should immediately take the recalled Easy-Bake Oven away from children, and call Easy-Bake for instructions on how to return the toy oven for a voucher towards the purchase of another Hasbro product.
What is the hazard?
Young children can insert their hands into the oven's front opening, and get their hands or fingers caught, posing entrapment and burn hazards.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.