Cosco two-step kitchen stepper safety bars can detach or break
The Cosco 2-Step Kitchen Stepper is being recalled because the safety bar can detach or break while in use. Thirty-four reports include two incidents resulting in head injuries.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: Significant injury reports: two incidents resulted in head injuries among 34 reports of the safety bar detaching or breaking.
Plain-English summary
The Cosco 2-step kitchen stepper, a folding stepstool with two steps and a safety bar that attaches to the back, is being recalled across model numbers 11349WHG1E, 11349GRN1E, 11349NVY1E, 11349WHG2, 11349GRN4, 11349GRN12, 11349WHG12C, 11349WHG12W, 11349WHG4F and 11349CBWH4T. About 302,000 units are affected in the United States, with 11,000 more sold in Canada.
The stated hazard is that the safety bar can detach or break while in use, posing serious fall and injury hazards. Cosco has received 34 reports of the safety bar detaching or breaking, including two incidents resulting in head injuries.
The steppers were sold at Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, Walmart and BJ's Wholesale Club stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Wayfair.com and Overstock.com from February 2021 through July 2025 for between $56 and $70.
Consumers should stop using the safety bar immediately and store the stepper away from children until repaired, then contact Dorel for a free repair kit including a sliding locking mechanism, installation instructions and an additional warning label.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cosco 2-Step Kitchen Stepper
- Manufacturer
- Dorel Home Furnishings Inc. d/b/a Cosco Home and Office Products, of Columbus, Indiana
- Category
- Consumer Product — Step stool
- Hazard
- safety-bar-detachment
- fall-hazard
- head-injury
- structural-failure
- Affected units
- 302,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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