The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa., is announcing today that a remedy is now available for parents and caregivers who were impacted by the September 21, 2007, voluntary recall of about 1 million Simplicity and Graco logo cribs with older hardware. Simplicity will provide consumers with a repair kit that immobilizes the drop-side. After an intensive effort to develop a repair that would allow safe use of the drop-side, CPSC staff and Simplicity have determined that the safest repair option is to immobilize the drop-side. This repair program will be monitored by CPSC staff and is intended to reduce the risk of death or serious injury to infants. (more…)

Name of Product: Purple Halloween Pails with Witch Decorations

Units: About 142,000

Importer: Family Dollar Stores, of Charlotte, N.C.

Hazard: The green paint on the pails contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

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Name of Product: Football Bobble Head Cake Decorations

Units: About 80,000

Manufacturer: DecoPac Inc., of Anoka, Minn.

Hazard: Surface paint on the body of the bobble head contains lead in excess of the federal lead paint standard.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

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Name of Product: Children’s Toy Gardening Tools

Units: About 97,000 (an additional 16,000 toy rakes were recalled on September 26, 2007 and 6,000 toy watering cans on August 28, 2007)

Manufacturer: Jo-Ann Stores Inc., of Hudson, Ohio

Hazard: Surface paint on the handle of the toy gardening tools can contain excessive levels of lead paint, violating the federal lead paint standard.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

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Name of Product: Go Diego Go Animal Rescue Boats

Units: About 38,000

Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: Surface paints on the toys contain excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal standard prohibiting lead paint on children’s toys.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

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Name of Product: Beary Cute, Expressions, and Sassy & Chic Children’s Metal Jewelry

Units: About 198,000

Importer: Greenbrier International, Inc., of Chesapeake, Va.

Hazard: The recalled jewelry contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

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Name of Product: WeGlow Children’s Metal Jewelry

Units: About 110,000

Importer: WeGlow International, of Virginia Beach, Va.

Hazard: The recalled jewelry contains high levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

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Name of Product: Blastrac BG 250 Series Concrete Grinders with round flexible couplers

Units: About 185 concrete grinders and 45 replacement couplers

Manufacturer: Blastrac N.A., of Oklahoma City, Okla.

Hazard: The flexible coupler on the concrete grinder can break during use allowing the internal parts, including the tooling plate and grinding disc, to be forcefully ejected from the grinder. This can pose a risk of injury from projectiles to the user and those nearby.

Incidents/Injuries: Blastrac has received five reports of the concrete grinders breaking. No injuries or property damage have been reported.

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Name of Product: Battery Chargers supplied with certain Kawasaki branded Power Tool Kits

Units: About 800,000

Distributor: Alltrade Tools LLC, of Long Beach, Calif.

Hazard: When used with an incompatible charger, the battery pack can overheat and melt during charging, or can explode during use, posing burn, laceration and bruise hazards to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Alltrade Tools has received 30 reports of incidents, including eight injuries from the battery packs melting or forcefully expelling plastic shards while in use. Injuries include minor acid burns from handling fractured battery packs, cuts, bruises and some temporary hearing loss from a loud noise that can occur if an internal battery cell ruptures.

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Name of Product: Bumbo “Baby Sitter” Seats

Units: About 1 million

Manufacturer: Bumbo International, of South Africa

Hazard: If the seat is placed on a table, countertop, chair, or other elevated surface, young children can arch their backs, flip out of the Bumbo seat, and fall onto the floor, posing a risk of serious head injuries.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC has received 28 reports of young children falling out of the Bumbo Baby Sitter seat, including three skull fractures, which occurred when children fell out of chairs that had been placed on tables.

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