Soft Play Recalls Spider Climb Playground Climbers Due to Fall Hazard
Soft Play LLC is recalling Spider Climb playground climbers installed in McDonald's restaurants due to a fall hazard. The platforms are spaced too far apart, posing a risk to 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 recall involves a structural defect in a playground climber that resulted in 34 reported injuries, meeting the criteria for 'Severe' severity due to significant injury reports.
Plain-English summary
Soft Play LLC is recalling approximately 200 Spider Climb enclosed vertical rope and plastic platform playground climbers. These units were installed in McDonald's Restaurant Play Places nationwide between February 2016 and October 2018. The climbers feature plastic platforms, ropes, cables, and chains for children to scale inside a multi-level enclosed tower assembly.
The recall is due to a fall hazard. The climbing level platforms were designed too far apart, which poses a risk to children who may fall while climbing from one level to the next. There have been 37 incidents resulting in 34 reports of injuries.
Soft Play has contacted all purchasers directly and installed additional platforms free of charge to reduce the distance between platforms. Consumers can contact Soft Play at 704-948-3442 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit www.softplay.com and click on “Recall Alert” for more information.
The recalled product
- Product
- Spider Climb playground climbers
- Manufacturer
- Soft Play LLC, of Huntersville, N.C.
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 200
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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