Little Tikes Recalls Workshop and Tool Sets Due to Choking Hazard
Little Tikes is expanding a recall of over 1.7 million workshop and tool sets because oversized plastic toy nails pose a choking hazard to young children.
What this means for you
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 choking hazard with reported hospitalizations, but no deaths or serious injuries are reported, fitting the 'High' criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported as severe or fatal.
Plain-English summary
Little Tikes, of Hudson, Ohio, is expanding a recall of more than 1.7 million additional units of Workshop and Tool Sets. This recall involves toy nails sold as part of 11 additional models of Little Tikes® Workshop and tool sets. The toy nails are oversized, plastic, and about 3 1/4 inches long by 1 1/4 inch in diameter. They are either red or blue with a large round head and a plastic ridge below the head.
The recalled products pose a choking hazard to young children. The firm has reported two additional incidents, occurring prior to the August 2009 recall, of children who choked when the toy nail became lodged in their throat. Both children were treated in a hospital and made a full recovery.
The products were sold at mass merchandise retailers nationwide from 1990 through 2004 for between $25 and $100. Consumers should immediately take the toy nails away from young children and contact the firm for free replacement toy nails. For additional information, contact Little Tikes at (800) 321-0183 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.littletikes.com.
The recalled product
- Product
- Little Tikes® Workshop and Tool Sets
- Manufacturer
- Little Tikes, of Hudson, Ohio
- Category
- Consumer Product — Toys
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 2,009
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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