Pool Toys Recalled by Wild Planet Toys Due to Risk of Impalement Injury to Children
Recall 06248 · Aug 30, 2006 · Wild Planet Toys Inc.
273,000
units affected
273,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 06248
- Date
- Aug 30, 2006
- Company
- Wild Planet Toys Inc.
- Units affected
- 273,000
- Product
- Jet Streamers™ Water Blasters Pool Toys
- Product type
- Swimming Pool Items
- Hazard
- Injury
The product
The Jet Streamers™ Outdoor Antics! Pump-Action Water Blasters are straight squirt guns for the pool. The Jet Streamers measure 9 inches long with a bulbous water reservoir at one end and a rigid tapering handle containing a small water intake hole at the other end. The tapering handle is gray while the bulbous water reservoir varies in colors of white/green, blue/yellow and orange/silver. Tiny raised lettering on the Jet Streamers' handles state, "©2002 Wild Planet Toys, San Francisco, CA, USA, Made in China." The toys were sold as a 2-pack set, in packages with other pool toys, such as dive balls and magnet dive gloves, and with boys' swim trunks. The product packaging is labeled "Jet Streamers," "Wild Planet" and is for children ages five and older.
What can happen
When partially filled with water, the pool toy can stand upright on the pool floor with the rigid narrow end pointed upward, posing an impalement risk.
The fix
Customers should immediately stop using the Jet Streamers and contact Wild Planet for a replacement product. The replacement product has an angled handle that prevents the handle of the toy from standing upright.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- Wild Planet has received one report of an impalement injury to an 8-year-old girl, who landed seat first onto a Jet Streamer left in a swimming pool and received a puncture wound.
- Sold at
- Target, Kohl's, internet retailers, discount department stores and toy stores nationwide from February 2003 through August 2006 for between $6 and $13 a set.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled jet streamers™ water blasters pool toys?
Customers should immediately stop using the Jet Streamers and contact Wild Planet for a replacement product. The replacement product has an angled handle that prevents the handle of the toy from standing upright.
What is the hazard?
When partially filled with water, the pool toy can stand upright on the pool floor with the rigid narrow end pointed upward, posing an impalement risk.
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.