Defective & Dangerous Products | InjuryBoard Mobile

Nike, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of approximately 235,000 football helmet chin straps because the plastic cup on the strap can break upon contact, exposing the player to head and facial injuries.To date, Nike has received 18 reports of the chin straps breaking, including two reports of facial lacerations that required...

Fisher-Price is recalling about 155,000 Laugh and Learn Learning Kitchen Toys because they pose a choke hazard to young children. Pieces of the faucet or the hands on the clock can detach, which poses the problem.There have been 48 reports of small parts separating from the toys, including two reports of children gagging on pieces, one report of a child who started choking on a piece and one...

A University of Ohio professor and some assistants have uncovered some scary results about toys that are targeted for Halloween this year: shocking levels of lead content. In original reporting by CBS news, Professor Jeffrey Weidenhammer and his staff have uncovered dangerous levels of lead in a toy called "Ugly teeth." The fake plastic teeth aren't only ugly, but have about 100 times the...

Collections Etc. Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 9,000 double hammocks due to a fall hazard.The wooden rods at the head and foot of the hammock used to extend the fabric can break, causing the hammock to collapse and the user to fall to the ground.The recall includes hammocks that are solid green with white ropes. The fabric of the hammock measures 73 in. by 46 in. and...

ConAgra Foods Inc. of Omaha, Nebraska stopped production of its Banquet turkey and chicken pot pies at a Missouri plant after linking over 165 cases of salmonella poisoning to the pies. While at least thirty people have ended up in the hospital as a result of eating the pies, ConAgra contends that the outbreak of salmonella is due to consumers undercooking the pies.Although the company...

Litholia Lighting, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 50,000 Lithonia Lighting Nickel End Wrap Fluorescent Ceiling Light Fixtures because of a potential shock hazard. A wire inside the light fixture can come loose, which could pose an electrical shock hazard to consumers. So far there have been no injuries reported to the company.The light fixtures were sold at Home Depot stores...

The Associated Press reported that 21 people in eight states may have become ill from e. coli contamination in frozen hamburgers from Topps Meat Company. At least three of the people affected by the tainted beef have been hospitalized, according to an article on consumerist.com. Topps, based in New Jersey, has recalled 331,582 pounds of frozen burger patties distributed throughout the nation....

A study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics September issue, showed that soft crib bumpers have caused a number of infant deaths over the years. Researchers reviewed three U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission databases for deaths related to crib bumpers and crib-related injuries from 1985-2005 and found that there have been 27 accidental deaths of children up to 2-years-old that were...

The California Department of Public Health recalled 56,000 lunch boxes on Thursday, citing unsafe level of lead in the paint coating the boxes. The lunch boxes appeared to have been made in China, and were handed out at Public Health fairs and several other events in California. The lunch boxes urged consumers to "Eat fruits and vegetables and be active."Surprisingly, the California Department...

The chief executive officer of Mattel, Robert A. Eckert, testified to senators about the company's recent problems regards its toys. In testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Eckert discussed with senators how the recent recalls had left his company particularly exposed at an awkward time of the year. Readers will remember that Mattel has suffered mightily in the wake of three recalls for lead...

The most recent product recalls from the Consumer Product Safety Commission include Imaginarium wooden coloring cases, Yorkcraft emergency tool kits, Gerber EAB pocket knives and electric heaters from Marley Engineered Products.SFGate.com details these recalls of defective products that affect consumers across the nation:-- B&F System Inc. of Dallas is recalling 43,000 Yorkcraft emergency tool...

The federal government ordered inspections of wing slats of all new Boeing 737s. The Federal Aviation Administration submitted these orders in response to an emergency that occurred last week when a Chinese Airlines jet taxied to a stop in Okinawa last week and caught on fire. Fortunately, all of the passengers escaped safely before the plane was engulfed in flames.According to media reports,...

After initiating a program to put heart defibrillators in schools across the country, some scientists are scratching their heads over whether it's a good idea.After conducting a survey of Paramedic response in the Seattle area to heart related incidents at schools, scientists found the majority of cardiac arrests occurred among adult teachers at schools and adult visitors at schools. Over 16...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in conjunction with Schylling Associates of Rowley, MA, announced a voluntary recall of the company's Spinning Tops and Tin Pails.The recall affects about 70, 000 units imported from China, and is specifically concerned about surface paint on the wooden handles of the tops and pails that may contain excessive quantities of lead. Lead is a neurotoxin...

Like the recalled toys that have caused a recent scare, many of the clothes infants and children wear are also made in China. A new report out of New Zealand says that "scientists found formaldehyde in woollen and cotton clothes at 500 times higher than is safe." Most of those toxic clothes were made in China.Formaldehyde, which is often used in clothing to give it a permanent press appearance,...