Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers
Recall 06266 · Sep 22, 2006 · Playskool
255,000
units affected
255,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 06266
- Date
- Sep 22, 2006
- Company
- Playskool
- Units affected
- 255,000
- Product
- Team Talkin' Tool Bench™
- Product type
- Toy Play Sets/Activity Sets
- Hazard
- Suffocation
The product
The Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.
What can happen
The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
The fix
Consumers should immediately take the two toy nails away from children and contact Playskool to get information on returning the nails for a $50 certificate for a Playskool (or its related companies') product.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.
- Sold at
- Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled team talkin' tool bench™?
Consumers should immediately take the two toy nails away from children and contact Playskool to get information on returning the nails for a $50 certificate for a Playskool (or its related companies') product.
What is the hazard?
The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
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.