Midwest Folding Products Recalls Stage and Riser Caddies Due to Injury Risk

Plain-English summary

Midwest Folding Products is recalling approximately 5,300 stage and riser caddies. These metal caddies are used to store collapsible stages and risers when they are not in use. The caddies are brown, gray, or black and measure 44 inches long by 30 inches wide by 60 inches high. They hold six 96-inch long or eight 48 to 72-inch long stage or riser platforms. Yellow caution and instruction labels are located on the caddy's frame.

The recall is due to a risk of injury or death. The caddy's latches do not automatically close to secure the stages and risers when stored. Unsecured stages and risers can fall off the caddies and onto consumers. A 3-year-old girl died in May 2011 in Greenville, S.C., from severe head trauma when a portion of a portable stage fell out of the caddy and onto her at a church.

The caddies were sold by Midwest Folding Products' dealers to churches, schools, performing arts centers, and various other organizations nationwide and online from January 1989 through March 2012 for about $1,200. Caddy owners and consumers should immediately stop using the recalled stage and riser caddies. Caddy owners should contact Midwest Folding Products to receive a free repair kit with new brackets that will allow latches to automatically return to the closed position and new white warning and instruction labels. For more information, contact Midwest Folding Products at (800) 621-4716 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT, or visit the firm's website at www.midwestfolding.com.

The recalled product

Product

Stage and riser caddies

Manufacturer

Midwest Folding Products, of Chicago, Ill.

Category

Consumer Product — Storage Equipment

Hazard

• falling-object
• head-trauma

Affected units

5,300

Distribution

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