The Recall Desk
Our severity:SevereCPSC·10029·Announced 2009-11-05

Adventure Playsets Recalls Wooden Swing Sets Due to Fall Hazard

Adventure Playsets is recalling wooden play sets because the plastic-coated ladder can rot and break, causing falls. Consumers should stop using the sets and contact the company for a replacement kit.

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 recall involves a structural defect in a consumer product that has resulted in reported injuries, including fractures and emergency room visits, meeting the criteria for a Severe rating.

Plain-English summary

Adventure Playsets is recalling approximately 275,000 wooden play sets in the United States and 6,800 in Canada. The recall involves wooden play sets with swings, slides, and ladders, specifically those with an overhead monkey bar ladder that acts as the swing beam. The affected models include the Durango, Yukon, Tacoma, El Dorado, Bellevue, Dakota, Sherwood, Sedona, Ventura, Madison, and Belmont series.

The plastic-coated lumber on the horizontal ladder can weaken over time due to rotting of the whitewood (spruce, pine, and fir species). This weakening results in a fall hazard. Adventure Playsets has received more than 1,400 reports of rotting ladders involving 16 injuries that resulted in nine emergency room visits. The injuries include two arm fractures, lacerations, scrapes, and bruises to children younger than 8 years old. Most injuries occurred when the swing came out of the rotted monkey bar/swing beam.

These play sets were sold at Walmart, Toys R Us, Academy Sports, Menards, and Mill stores nationwide, as well as online at Walmart.com, ToyRUs.com, Willygoat.com, and through the DMSI catalog from January 2004 through December 2007 for between $300 and $600. Consumers should immediately stop using the swing sets and contact Adventure Playsets to receive a replacement kit. For more information, consumers can call (877) 840-9068 or visit www.adventureplaysets.com.

The recalled product

Product
Adventure Playsets Wooden Play Sets
Category
Consumer Product — Playsets
Hazard
Affected units
275,000

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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