Safety regulator, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks
Recall 05112 · Feb 16, 2005 · The Dollar General Corp.
180,000
units affected
180,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 05112
- Date
- Feb 16, 2005
- Company
- The Dollar General Corp.
- Units affected
- 180,000
- Product
- Dive Sticks
- Product type
- Swimming Pool Items
- Hazard
- Falls
The product
The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.
What can happen
Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries.
The fix
Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported.
- Sold at
- Dollar General stores nationwide from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled dive sticks?
Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.
What is the hazard?
Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries.
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.