LEGO Recalls Super Trucks Due to Puncture Hazard from Detaching Wheels
LEGO is recalling approximately 358,000 EXPLORE Super Trucks because plastic wheels can detach, exposing a metal axle that poses a puncture hazard to young children.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly reports that two children received serious puncture injuries, which meets the rubric criteria for a score of 4 (Severe) due to significant injury reports.
Plain-English summary
LEGO Systems Inc. is recalling approximately 358,000 units of the LEGO EXPLORE Super Trucks. The recall is due to a safety hazard where the plastic wheels on the toy truck can detach, exposing a metal axle. This exposed metal axle poses a puncture hazard to young children.
LEGO Systems has received 10 reports of a wheel detaching. Two children received serious puncture injuries resulting from the exposed metal axle after the wheel detached. Additionally, one child fell when a wheel came off the toy truck. The product is a toy-in-toy design intended for children ages 18 months and up, featuring a red plastic pick-up/dump truck with four 7-inch black plastic wheels.
The recalled trucks were sold at various retailers nationwide, including Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart, from August 2002 through August 2004 for about $20. Consumers should stop using the recalled toy trucks immediately and contact LEGO Systems for information on receiving a refund. The box of DUPLO bricks included in the cargo area is not part of this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- LEGO EXPLORE Super Trucks
- Manufacturer
- LEGO Systems Inc., of Enfield, Conn.
- Category
- Consumer Product — Toys
- Affected units
- 358,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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