Pogo Sticks Recalled by Bravo Sports Due to Risk of Serious Injury
Recall 11172 · Mar 16, 2011 · Bravo Sports
169,000
units affected
169,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 11172
- Date
- Mar 16, 2011
- Company
- Bravo Sports
- Units affected
- 169,000
- Product
- Pogo Sticks
- Product type
- Pogo Sticks
- Remedy
- Refund
- Hazard
- Cuts
The product
This recall involves the Rocket Stick Pogo, Pop Stick Pogo, Monster Stick Pogo and Twin Stick Pogo. They were sold in red, green and blue colors. Rocket, Pop, Monster or Twin are printed on the stem and on the foot pedals. Only pogo sticks with manufacturing date codes between 04/01/2010 - 046HE and 10/31/2010 - 046HE are included in the recall. The manufacturing date code is located on a white label underneath the foot pedal or on the stem of the pogo near the foot pedals.
What can happen
The bottom of the pogo stick's frame tube can break or come apart and a pin holding the spring in place can break, posing laceration and fall hazards to consumers.
The fix
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled pogo sticks and contact Bravo to receive a full refund.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Bravo has received 123 reports of incidents involving the pogo sticks, including nine reports of injuries. Injuries include one report of a child who chipped a tooth and required stitches for a facial laceration, another child who chipped a tooth and one child who fell after the pogo stick broke and knocked out a tooth.
- Sold at
- Mass merchandisers nationwide and online by Web retailers from May 2010 through March 2011 for between $25 and $40.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled pogo sticks?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled pogo sticks and contact Bravo to receive a full refund.
What is the hazard?
The bottom of the pogo stick's frame tube can break or come apart and a pin holding the spring in place can break, posing laceration and fall hazards to consumers.
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.