Child’s Catastrophic Brain Injury Prompts Residential recall: Crushing Hazard
Child’s Catastrophic Brain Injury Prompts Recall of Residential Elevators Sold Exclusively by Coastal Carolina Elevators Due to Crushing Hazard
Why was Child’s Catastrophic Brain Injury Prompts Residential recalled?
The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Coastal Carolina Elevator for a free repair. Contact: Coastal Carolina Elevators collect at (843) 399-6545 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or at www.coastalcarolinaelevators.com and click on the Recall tab at the top of the page (effective April 6, 2015).
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
- Residential hydraulic elevators
- Company
- Cambridge Elevating, of Canada, Coastal Carolina Elevators LLC, formerly Seaside Elevator LLC, of Little River, S.C.
- Quantity
- About 240
- Sold at
- Coastal Carolina Elevators through residential contractors and home builders, including DRHorton, in South Carolina from January 2006 through December 2009 for between $16,000 and $25,000.
- Recall date
- March 19, 2015
- Incidents / injuries
- Coastal Carolina Elevators has received three reports of incidents with the elevators, including one injury that resulted in a catastrophic brain injury to a 10-year-old boy from Baltimore, Md.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
This recall involves Elmira Hydraulic residential hydraulic elevators. The elevators were installed in homes with multiple floors. They have a manual accordion-style car gate door with vinyl laminate inserts and a control panel with up and down buttons, light switch, telephone, emergency stop button and power failure light. "Cambridge Elevating" is printed on the elevator's push button panel.