
July 21, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Shivvers Manufacturing Announce Recall of Blower Blades for the Jazee and Jazee One Grass Collection Systems
Hazard: The ends of the blades on these Country Clipper riding mowers can break off and become projectiles, leaving the mower deck at a high rate of speed. The recalled blades can break because "slots" in the blade cause metal fatigue.

July 16, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Marshall Field's Announce Recall of Fire Pit Spark Screen
Hazard: The fire pit spark screen can catch fire when it comes into direct contact with a flame, posing a burn and fire hazard to consumers.

July 13, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Graco Children's Products Announce Recall of Travel Lite™ Swings
Hazard: The swing's carrying handle can fail to stay in place properly and drop or be pushed down, hitting a child in the head. Additionally, the 3-point seatbelt can fail to prevent a child from leaning forward or to either side, posing a risk that the child can fall forward and strike his/her head on the floor or the swing's frame.

July 12, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Playworld Systems Inc. Announce Recall to Repair Swing Sets
Hazard: The weld between the side arch support and the top rail can fail. If that happens, the swings can collapse, causing children on the swings to fall and be injured by the falling top rail.

June 25, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, American Promotional Events Inc. Announce Recall of Fireworks
Hazard: These fireworks could have a defective fuse that can fail to ignite the device. Consumers who attempt to re-light the fuse could suffer serious injury. CPSC advises consumers never to re-light any fireworks that do not ignite after the first attempt.

June 9, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, First Samco Inc. Announce Recall to Replace Gun Holsters
Hazard: A plastic or leather strap on the gun holster can catch the trigger of the gun when inserted into the holster, causing the gun to unintentionally discharge, posing an injury hazard to the user.

March 10, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Char-Broil® Announce Recall of Gas Grills to Replace Temperature Gauges
Hazard: If moisture gets inside the temperature gauge, the glass cover on the gauge can break, posing a risk of injury to people nearby.

February 19, 2004Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Grand Hall Announce Recall of Gas Grills to Repair Temperature Gauges
Hazard: If moisture gets inside the temperature gauge, the glass cover on the gauge can break, posing a risk of injury to people nearby.

October 22, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Husqvarna Forest and Garden Co. Announce Recall to Repair Lawn Mowers
Hazard: A loose blade bolt could cause the blade to come loose or the blade adapter to crack, resulting in the blade falling off. Should this condition occur, the operator or a bystander could be injured.

October 15, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Inc. Announce Recall of Lawnmowers
Hazard: If the lawnmower strikes an object with sufficient force, the crankshaft can bend. Vibration created by a bent crankshaft can eventually result in a fatigue failure of the Roto-stop™ blade brake control assembly. This can allow the cutting blade to continue rotating after the blade control lever is released, posing a risk of injury to consumers.

September 25, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Grand Hall Enterprise Announce Recall of Gas Grills
Hazard: The bottom edge on the front control panel is sharp and can cause lacerations to the hands.

September 10, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Weber-Stephen Products Announce Recall of Gas Grills
Hazard: The glass cover and components on the grill's thermometer can break, posing a risk of injury to the user or those nearby.

August 21, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Academy Sports and Outdoors Announce Recall of Propane Heaters
Hazard: The heaters can emit high levels of carbon monoxide (CO), posing a risk of CO poisoning to consumers, if used indoors.

August 21, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, CFM Keanall Announce Recall of Gas Grills
Hazard: Certain wind conditions blowing at these grills can cause overheating or flashbacks under the control panel. Flames could damage the hose that supplies gas to the burner, causing an uncontrolled flame. Also, flames could come in contact with user's hands, resulting in burns.

July 17, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Midwest Announce Recall of Toad Lawn Sprinklers
Hazard: A small hose inside the toad can fail, allowing water to fill the toad's cavity. The increased water pressure can cause the toad to explode, posing the risk of injury to anyone nearby.

May 28, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Central Sprinkler Company Update Voluntary Recall To Replace O-Ring Fire Sprinklers
Hazard: These sprinkler heads can corrode or minerals, salts and other contaminants in water can affect the rubber O-ring seals. These factors could cause the sprinkler heads not to activate in a fire.

April 24, 2003Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Country Home Products, Inc. Announce Recall to Repair Cordless Electric Lawnmowers
Hazard: Because these lawnmowers lack a safety guard, a consumer's foot could go under the plastic housing and be struck by the blade. These lawnmowers do not comply with the mandatory federal safety standard for lawnmowers under the Consumer Product Safety Act.

December 13, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, The Lakeside Collection Announce Recall of Kid's Tent Set
Hazard: The tip of the wire that forms the frame for the connecting tunnel can become exposed, resulting in possible lacerations.

December 3, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, LTD Commodities, Inc. Announce Recall of Kid's Tent Set
Hazard: The tip of the wire that forms the frame for the connecting tunnel can become exposed, resulting in possible lacerations.

November 25, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, abc Distributing, Inc. Announce Recall of Kid's Tent Set
Hazard: The tip of the wire that forms the frame for the connecting tunnel can become exposed, resulting in possible laceration injuries.
November 12, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Miracle Recreation Equipment Company Announce Recall of Public Playground Equipment Swing Seats
Hazard: Metal inserts inside the swing seats can wear through and cause lacerations to children.

October 16, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Snapper, Inc. Announce Recall of Riding Lawn Mowers
Hazard: The side discharge chute is defective. The material used to manufacture the side discharge chute is not strong enough to prevent projectiles from flying out from under the mower deck, exposing consumers and by-standers to possible injuries from flying debris.

September 19, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Black & Decker Announce Recall of Cordless Electric Lawn Mowers
Hazard: An electrical component in the lawn mower can overheat, posing a possible fire hazard.
September 9, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Valor Heating Announce Recall of Wall Mount Gas Fireplaces
Hazard: A design defect in the gas control assembly can allow main burner gas to prematurely enter the firebox during lighting. The ignition of this excess gas can cause the glass window to shatter, presenting the risk of burns or cuts from broken glass.

September 4, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Lawn-Boy Announce Recall of Walk-Behind Mowers
Hazard: The vendor who manufactured the mulch plates for Lawn-Boy used the wrong material, making the plates brittle and easy to crack or break if struck by a stone or stick while mowing. Objects coming through a broken plate or pieces of the plate could possibly injure the operator or bystanders.

August 20, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, BCI Burke Announce Recall of Buckle Bridges on Series 2000 Playgrounds
Hazard: The platform edge, where the bridges are attached, can crack and the bridge could potentially detach from the platform and result in injuries.

August 15, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Cavagna North America Inc., Announce Recall of Safety Relief Valves for Large Propane Tanks
Hazard: The recalled valves can have sharp internal edges that can cut into gasket seals in the valves, causing a propane gas leak. This poses a risk of fire or burn injuries.

August 6, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, MTD Products Inc. Announce Recall of Grass Bags Used On Electric Lawn Mowers
Hazard: The lawn mowers have a rear-mounted grass bag that does not seal properly to the rear door of the mower, allowing grass and other debris to be thrown out at the top of the bag. This could result in injury to the operator or bystanders.

July 15, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, The Coleman Company Announce Recall of Mosquito Traps
Hazard: The mosquito trap's propane regulator can leak propane or allow an overflow of propane gas, both of which pose a fire hazard to consumers. In addition, the fuel hose attachment sold with the Back Home™ System can become damaged and leak propane, which poses a fire hazard to consumers.

July 8, 2002Outdoor & Garden
CPSC, Snapper, Inc. Recall Lawn Mowers
Hazard: The walk-behind lawn mowers' side discharge deflector, which is sold as an accessory for these models, is defective. The material used to manufacture the side discharge deflector is not strong enough to prevent projectiles from flying out from under the mower deck, exposing consumers and by-standers to possible injuries from flying debris.