Product Recalls in 2001

Hazard: Tubing in the cooling unit can crack and leak flammable gas, presenting a fire and burn hazard to consumers.

Hazard: The burners could produce excess carbon monoxide (CO), posing a risk of CO poisoning to consumers.

Hazard: The handles on the fryer baskets can come off, resulting in hot oil spattering the user and bystanders.

Hazard: These units can overheat and catch fire.

Hazard: The adapters can overheat and melt a hole through the housing, posing a fire hazard. In addition, the exposed wires pose a shock hazard.

Hazard: When the torch container is filled with oil, the oil may spill and burn a consumer if the torch is used improperly, moved or jostled during use.

Hazard: The wax from the candles can drip and ignite the potpourri. Additionally, when the candles are in close proximity, they generate a significant amount of heat. Each of these hazards could lead to a fire, which could cause burn injuries to consumers.

Hazard: The toy box's lid can fall suddenly, posing entrapment and strangulation hazards to young children. In addition, spaces at the end of the hinge on the lid can cause pinched, crushed and lacerated fingers. The toy chest voluntary standard requires toy boxes or chests with hinged lids to have lid supports that keep the lid from falling suddenly onto the head of a child, preventing an entrapment and strangulation hazard. The hinges also must minimize any spaces that could allow a child's finger to be pinched, crushed or lacerated.

Hazard: These bicycles do not have any brakes, which are required by the CPSC standard for bicycles of this type. The CPSC standard also requires that these bicycles have chain guards, to prevent riders from getting fingers, toes and clothing caught in the gears.

Hazard: The buckles on the swing can break and the shoulder restraint straps can pull out of the back of the seat, causing young children to fall.

Hazard: The plastic mounting hardware that attaches to the wall can crack or break, allowing the wooden gate to unlatch. Children can then gain access to restricted areas, such as stairs. Also, the plastic hardware attached to the side of the gate can break, creating small parts that pose a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: The top half of the seat inserts can separate, and a child can fall from the chair and be injured.

Hazard: The plastic tabs on the playpen that lock the rails into the corners can break or loosen over time, allowing the rails to turn inward, collapse and entrap an infant.

Hazard: The rims can unexpectedly fail during normal use, posing the risk of falls and serious injury to riders.

Hazard: The plug that connects the detachable control switch to the blanket can become loose. The resulting poor electrical contacts can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Hazard: These AC adapters can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

Hazard: During the broil and self-clean modes, the range can emit high levels of carbon monoxide (CO), presenting the potential for CO poisoning to consumers. Additionally, during the broil and self-clean modes, the temperature of the storage drawer can become extremely high, presenting the risk of burn injuries to consumers. The ranges are safe to use for baking and for cooking on the surface burners.

Hazard: The drive chain on these ATVs could come off the sprockets and lock the rear axle. This could cause the driver to lose control of the ATV and crash, possibly resulting in injury or death.

Hazard: The products, which contain methyl alcohol, are not sealed with child-resistant closures, as required by federal law. Methyl alcohol, also known as methanol, is toxic and can cause blindness or death if ingested.

Hazard: The bottles can leak, allowing the contents of the cleaner to come into contact with consumers. These cleaners can cause irritation and burns to the skin and eyes.

Hazard: The top of the handlebar stem binder bolt may twist off, while being tightened.

Hazard: The lower blade guards on these saws can stick in the open position, posing a risk of serious injury to the operator and bystanders.

Hazard: The latches on the lower sash of the window can unexpectedly open, posing a potential injury hazard to consumers who can be struck by the window or by shattered glass.

Hazard: The cabinets can detach from the wall and fall, possibly injuring consumers.

Hazard: The cables on these stands can break, causing the treestand to fall to the ground, posing an injury hazard to consumers.

Hazard: These pajamas fail to meet the Federal Standards for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear and, as a result, these pajamas pose a risk of injury to children, due to the possible ignition of the garment.

Hazard: The charger can overheat and melt, presenting a burn or electric shock hazard to consumers.

Hazard: York's quality assurance and manufacturing investigation found these furnaces could have detached heat exchanger tubes. A separated heat exchanger tube could result in leakage of flue gases, including carbon monoxide, which could result in serious injury or death.

Hazard: The toy's carrying handle can break, creating small parts and a sharp plastic edge that pose a choking and laceration hazard to young children.

Hazard: The antennae on these butterfly toys contain wire that can pass through the fabric, causing cuts and scratches to babies.