Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after
Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers
Why was Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after recalled?
The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should immediately take the two toy nails away from children and contact Playskool to get information on returning the nails for a $50 certificate for a Playskool (or its related companies') product. Contact: For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.com
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Team Talkin' Tool Bench™
- Company
- Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I.
- Quantity
- About 255,000
- Sold at
- Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.
- Recall date
- September 22, 2006
- Incidents / injuries
- Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
The Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.