RECALL: Little Tikes workshop sets, trucks
Some sold as far back as 1994
-- Kids Today, 8/17/2009 2:55:00 PM
WASHINGTON—Little Tikes has recalled approximately 1.6 million role-play Workshops Sets and Trucks sold over the past 15 years due to a choking hazard.
The recalled products have oversized, plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Little Tikes has received one report of an 11-month-old boy from Goose Creek, S.C., who choked when a toy nail become forcefully lodged in his throat. The child was hospitalized and made a full recovery.
The oversized, plastic toy nail used in the several sets involved in the recall is approximately 3¼ inches long by 1¼ inches in diameter and comes in red or blue colors. It has a large round head; about 1¼ inches below the head is a plastic ridge, slightly smaller than the nail head and about 1 inch in diameter.
The names, model numbers and UPC code of the products included in this recall are:
• Electronic Project Workshop, model no. 0914; UPC: 0-50743-00914-3, sold from March 1994 through December 2003;
• Little HandiWorker Workhorse, model no. 0920 /612237; UPC 0-50743-10920-1 / UPC 0-50743-61223-7; sold from March 1999 through June 2009;
• Home Improvements 2-Sided Workshop, model no. 4146; UPC 0-50743-04146-4; sold from February 2001 through January 2009;
• Swirlin' Sawdust Workshop, model no. 440Z; UPC 0-50743-38540-7; sold from April 2004 through November 2008;
• Black Pickup Truck with Tools, model no. 4028; UPC 0-50743-04028-3; sold from March 2000 through April 2009.
The recalled toys were sold by various web sites, including www.littletikes.com, and mass merchants nationwide from March 1994 through June 2009 for between $25 and $100.
The products were made in the United States and China.
Consumers are asked to contact Little Tikes for a free replacement toy nail. The company can be reached at 800-791-2737 or www.littletikes.com.
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