The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·96075·Announced 1996-03-11

Swim N' Play Recalls Above Ground Pool Frame Ledge Covers

Swim N' Play is recalling pool ledge covers with sharp edges that can cause cuts. One injury involving a child's face has been reported.

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 risk-of-harm product (sharp edges) where injury has been reported (laceration to a child's face), but no deaths or serious injuries requiring hospitalization are explicitly stated, fitting the 'High' criteria for reported injury without severe outcomes.

Plain-English summary

Swim N' Play of Rahway, N.J., is recalling 4-inch frame ledge covers installed on about 1,465 above ground pools in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The recalled products include triangular-shaped plastic caps used at the joints of the pool's outer edges. These caps do not properly cover the sharp edges of the pool's sheet metal ledge, creating a risk that swimmers can cut themselves on the exposed sharp edges.

Swim N' Play is aware of one case in which a young girl cut the bridge of her nose and her eye lid from contact with the sharp edges on the pool's ledge. The covers were sold from 1980 to 1994 for Windsor, Charter Oak, Holiday Isle, New Yorker, Wedgewood, Silverwood, Triumph, and Monaco models. The pools were sold in the northeastern United States at A-1 Pools, Harrows, Norberts Pools, Este, and M&M Distributors.

Pool owners should call Swim N' Play at (800) 631-3483 for free replacement ledge covers.

The recalled product

Product
Charter Oak above ground pool frame ledge covers
Manufacturer
M&M Distributors
Category
Consumer Product — Swimming Pool Items
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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