The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·02010·Announced 2001-10-10

Evenflo Recalls Home Décor Swing Wooden Baby Gates for Hardware Failure

Evenflo is recalling about 20,500 Home Décor Swing wooden baby gates because plastic mounting hardware can crack or break, allowing gates to unlatch or creating choking hazards.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product where injury has been reported (falls, bumps, bruises, loosened teeth), but no deaths or serious injuries requiring hospitalization are explicitly stated, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Evenflo Company Inc. is recalling approximately 20,500 Home Décor Swing™ wooden baby gates. The recall involves gates with turned wooden spindles sold in oak or cherry finishes. Only model numbers "1555/6" with manufacture dates before September 2001 are affected. These gates were sold in catalogs, department stores, and juvenile specialty stores nationwide from June 1999 through September 2001 for about $100.

The recall is due to a defect in the plastic mounting hardware that attaches the gate to the wall. This hardware can crack or break, which may allow the wooden gate to unlatch and give children access to restricted areas such as stairs. Additionally, plastic hardware attached to the side of the gate can break into small parts that pose a choking hazard to young children.

Evenflo and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have received nine reports of children falling down stairs after the mounting hardware broke or cracked. Three of these children suffered bumps and bruises to their heads or arms, and one child received two loosened teeth. One child placed broken hardware pieces in her mouth but was not injured.

Consumers should stop using these gates immediately and call Evenflo at (800) 576-0507 to receive free replacement hardware.

The recalled product

Product
Home Décor Swing™ wooden baby gates
Category
Consumer Product — Baby Gates
Hazard
Affected units
20,500

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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