Fingertip amputations prompt Graco stroller recall.....2nd recall in 2 days

[rsmith6621]

Yesterday it was Cribs.....today...read below.

WASHINGTON –

About 1.5 million Graco strollers sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major retailers are being recalled after some children's fingertips were amputated by hinges on the products.

The recall by Graco Children's Products Inc. includes certain model numbers of its Passage, Alano and Spree Strollers and Travel Systems. The Exton, Pa., company received seven reports of children placing their fingers in a stroller's canopy hinge as the canopy was being opened or closed. Five children had their fingertips severed and two children received cuts on their fingertips.

The strollers were made in China by Graco and sold at AAFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies R Us, Toys R Us, Kmart, Fred Meyer, Meijer, Navy Exchange, Sears, Target, Wal-Mart and other retailers nationwide from October 2004 to December 2009.

In announcing the recall Wednesday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said the strollers pose an amputation and laceration hazard to children when opening or closing the canopy. The government advised consumers to stop using the strollers and contact Graco to receive a free repair kit.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/updates/story/1035856.html


Does the USA export anything other than agriculture and war machines

these items were not made in the USA.....

[glowing]

1. Sorry, but I would not contact the company for a free repair kit.. I would demand a full refund

for a new stroller. Those things are not cheap. They charge a lot of money for those strollers... Who knows what's in the padding or the plastics that make the stroller? Items need quality control.