Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers

Recalled September 22, 2006 · CPSC recall 06266 · Playskool

Hazard

The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.

Remedy

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.

Units

About 255,000

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.

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.

What to do

Contact

For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.com

Product

Team Talkin' Tool Bench™

Distributed by

Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I.

Retailers

Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →