October, 2011Horizon Hobby Recalls Losi NiMH Battery Charger Due to Possible Burn and Fire Hazards
The charger and battery can emit excessive heat, posing a burn and fire hazard.
Continue →Hospitals Debate Safety of Non-Sterile Wipes
A second recall of large amounts of potentially contaminated alcohol swabs is leading some infection experts to recommend that all non-sterile pads and wipes be removed from hospital settings. Nearly 300 million individual non-sterile alcohol prep products were recalled by Pacific Disposables International Inc. of Orangeburg, NY last month. The PDI recall follows an even more massive recall of hundreds of millions alcohol and iodine wipes and pads made and sold by the Triad Group and H&P Industries, Inc. of …
Continue →Guidecraft Recalls Twist ‘n Sort Toys Due to Choking Hazard
The small pegs on three of the four posts can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Continue →LittleLife Baby Carriers Recalled by Lifemarque Due to Fall Hazard
The carriers were sold without bolts that attach the carrier’s main frame to the metal stand. Missing bolts cause the carrier to disconnect from the stand and fall backwards, posing a fall hazard to a child in the carrier.
Continue →Additional Retail Sales Prompt CPSC and Meijer to Re-announce Roman Shades and Roll-Up Blinds Recall; Strangulation Hazard Posed
Roman shades – strangulation can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck. Roll-up blinds – strangulation can o…
Continue →CPSC Announces ANPR for Table Saws to Address Serious Hand and Finger Injuries
Based on the injury data obtained in a 2007 and 2008 CPSC special study, staff’s injury cost model estimates that consumers suffered about 67,300 medically treated blade contact injuries annually – with an associated injury cost of $2.
Continue →LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for Oct 12, 2011
A Nevada jury awards more than $20 million to 3 individuals in Propofol infection cases, and, the EPA sues a Louisiana refinery saying faulty storage caused oil spills in 2007. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Publications. …
Continue →Henry Gordy Agrees to $1,100,000 Civil Penalty For Failure to Report Children’s Toy Dart Gun Sets
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Henry Gordy International, Inc. (Henry Gordy), of Plainfield, N.J., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1,100,000. The penalty agreement has been provisionally accepted by the Co…
Continue →A Fire Safe Home: CPSC and NFPA Urge Consumers to Install Smoke Alarms, Practice a Family Escape Plan
CPSC estimates an annual average of more than 386,000 unintentional residential fires, nearly 2,400 deaths and more the 12,500 injuries each year from 2006 through 2008.
Continue →Nidec Motor Corporation Recalls Pool Pump Motors Due to Electrical Shock Hazard
The pump cover is not properly grounded posing an electrical shock hazard.
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