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Fisher Price announced today the recall of more than 10 million children’s items, including high chairs, tricycles, and toy cars, due to safety hazards. Injury risks include about 7 million tricycles with a protruding key that can result in harm, nearly a million high chairs with pegs that can cause lacerations, and about 100,000 toy ramps that have cars with wheels that can come off and pose a choking hazard. (View recall NEWS VIDEO)

Parent company, Mattell, also had a 21-million toy recall in 2007 because they contained excessive lead in the pain or had small magnets that may be harmful if swallowed.
 

For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.service.mattel.com. In a press release today, Mattel released the following statement to explain that the company will provide safety replacements or fixes for the products and to reassure parents:
 

“We want to reassure parents that our products are overwhelmingly safe. We operate in a highly regulated industry and we test our products at many stages during development and production. Our product engineers have many years of experience in

designing fun and safe toys. In addition, we monitor parents’ safety-related reports over time. If we see an issue with a product at any point, even after many have been sold and used safely, we take appropriate action. Our actions reflect our continuing

commitment to the safety of our products. Hundreds of millions of our products are enjoyed every day and we believe these simple fixes will continue that excellent record.”
 

Here is specific information regarding the Fisher Price recalls from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:

Name of product: Fisher Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles

Units: About 7 Million in the United States and 150,000 in Canada.

Manufacturer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: A child can strike, sit or fall on the protruding plastic ignition key resulting in serious injury, including genital bleeding.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Fisher-Price are aware of 10 reports of incidents resulting in injury. Six of the incidents required medical attention after young girls, ages two to three years old, fell against or on the protruding disc-shaped and D-shaped pretend key.

Description: This recall involves the Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles with model numbers listed in the chart below and that have either a disc-shaped or D-shaped pretend key. The model numbers are located under the seat in the storage compartment. The trikes are intended for children 2 to 5 years of age. The pretend keys are located about 3 inches in front of the seat and protrude at least 5/8 inches above the trike’s body.

The trikes manufactured after June 16, 2010 are not included in this recall. These trikes have a modified key in a flattened D shape (see picture below) and a manufacturer run number higher than 1670Q2. The run number indicates the trike was manufactured on the 167^th day of 2010 or on June 16, 2010. The run number is found under the seat below the model number.

Sold at: Mass merchandise stores nationwide from January 1997 through August 2010 for about $25.

Manufactured in: Mexico

Remedy: Consumers should immediately place the trikes out of children’s reach and contact Fisher-Price for a free replacement key.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.service.mattel.com.

Name of product: Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs

Units: About 950,000 high chairs in the U.S. and 125,000 in Canada

Importer: Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: Children can fall on or against the pegs on the rear legs of the high chair resulting in injuries or lacerations. The pegs are used for high chair tray storage.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Fisher-Price are aware of 14 reports of incidents, including seven reports of children requiring stitches and one tooth injury. One of these incidents was reported in Canada.

Description: This recall involves the Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs with pegs on the back legs intended for tray storage. The high chairs have a folding frame for storage and a three-position reclining seat. The model number and date code of the high chair is on the back of the seat. All Easy Clean and Close To Me High Chairs are included in this recall. Only Healthy Care High Chairs manufactured before December 2006 are included in the recall. If the fourth digit in the date code is 6 or less, the Healthy Care High Chair is included in the recall.

Sold at: Mass merchandise retail stores nationwide from September 2001 through September 2010 for between about $70 and $115.

Manufactured in: Healthy Care High Chairs were made in China. Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs were made in Mexico.

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the High Chair immediately and contact Fisher-Price for instructions and a free repair kit.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.service.mattel.com.

Name of product: Fisher-Price Little People Wheelies Stand ‘n Play Rampway

Units: About 100,000 in the U.S. and 20,000 in Canada

Importer: Fisher-Price of East Aurora, N.Y.

Hazard: The wheels on the purple and the green cars can come off, posing a choking hazard to

young children.

Incidents/Injuries: Fisher-Price has received two reports of a wheel detaching from a vehicle.

No injuries have been reported.

Description: The recall involves Little People Wheelies Stand ‘n Play Rampway with model

numbers T4261 and V6378. They were sold with small cars that a child can push down winding

ramps. Only the purple and the green cars that are marked “Mexico” and do not have a yellow

dot on the bottom are included in the recall. The toy is intended for children 1 ½ to 5 years of

age.

Sold at: Mass merchandise stores nationwide from April 2010 through September 2010 for

about $45.

Manufactured in: Mexico

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the affected purple and the green cars away from

children and contact Fisher-Price for free replacement cars.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437 between

9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at

www.service.mattel.com.