11 Million Reasons to Be Concerned About the Most Recent Tot Toy Recall

WASHINGTON – Fisher-Price is recalling more than 11 million tricycles, toys and high chairs over safety concerns.

11 Million Reasons to Be Concerned About the Most Recent Tot Toy RecallThe Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that the tricycles and high chairs were blamed for children’s injuries.

In the recall of about 7 million Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles, the agency is aware of 10 reports of children being hurt. Six of them required medical attention.

The trikes — some of which feature popular characters like Dora the Explorer and Barbie — have a protruding plastic ignition key near the seat that children can strike, sit on or fall on, leading to injuries that the commission said can include genital bleeding.

Fisher-Price is also recalling more than 1 million Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs, after 14 reports of problems. The pegs on the back of the high chairs can be used to store the tray, but children can fall on them, resulting in cuts and other injuries. Seven children required stitches, the commission said.

CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said manufacturers need to do more to build safety into their products before they reach store shelves. But she also offered praise for Fisher-Price for “taking the right steps by agreeing to these recalls and offering consumers free repairs or replacement.”

Most of the products were being recalled in the United States, but about 400,000 of them were sold in Canada.

The two other Fisher-Price recalls were:

–More than 2.8 million Baby Playzone Crawl & Cruise Playground toys, Baby Playzone Crawl & Slide Arcade toys, Baby Gymtastics Play Wall toys, Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Aquarium toys, 1-2-3 Tetherball toys and Bat & Score Goal toys. The valve of the inflatable ball on the toys can come off and pose a choking hazard to children, said CPSC. The agency said there were more than 50 reports of the valves coming off the balls.

–About 100,000 Fisher-Price Little People Wheelies Stand ‘n Play Rampway toys. The wheels on the purple and green cars can come off, posing a choking hazard.

Fisher-Price, based in East Aurora, N.Y., is a unit of Mattel Inc. Consumers can visit the company’s website for more information on the dates of sale and model numbers for the recalled products.

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Online:

Consumer Product Safety Commission: http://www.cpsc.gov

Comments (43)

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  • Chad79
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 11:28am

    Maybe they should recall all of the irresponsible parents who allow there children to get hurt by not watching what they do.

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  • rhaedge
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 10:08am

    My son hit his head on the floor this morning… When will Floors be recalled? Better yet, let’s recall Gravity! God, c‘mon don’t you see the danger in gravity?

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  • rdk
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:54am

    When toddlers learn to walk, they often fall down. We will have to establish a commission and figure out how legislative measures can protect the toddlers from falling down.

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  • vidyohs
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:50am

    Tsk! Tsk! Some of you folk amaze me. Parents responsible, how old fashioned. In this lunatic world parents don’t even figure into the equation except for sperm and egg donation to the state.

    Congress should immediately recall all toys ever sold and burn them along with the books about Operation Dark Heart. Once that is done, they should then pass a law that the only toy that can be sold in the USA is a nerf ball of varying sizes, none so big that the one playing with it could accidently self smother. Each purchase should be registered at the point of sale so that government agents could do follow up checks on a daily basis to ensure the nerf ball was being operated responsibly. When not in use, the nerf ball should be required to be locked up in a home safe. The only reasonable punishment for failure to obey would conviction for attempted manslaughter and imprisonment until the child grew up and left home (which today would mean a 40 year sentence I guess from what I am seeing).

    This horrible rash of child injury can not be tolerated and the one responsible, government, should be mobilized to rectify the problem.

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    • vidyohs
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:56am

      Ouch! What made me think a nerf ball could be operated safely? I’m sorry, lost my head for a moment there.

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  • drlile
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:36am

    Our economy has been bleeding since the election? Can we recall President Obama?

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  • IowaMom
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:23am

    I have yet to take something back because of a silly recall. Lead in the paint? Don’t let your kids suck on the toy. Turn key on a trike? Seriously? Considering the placement of it, don’t let your kids drive/slam into the wall! Why do I have visions of the BergerMeister MeisterBerger going through my head? “No More Toys!” Good Lord – parents need to keep an eye on their kids and stop looking for their free payday.

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  • Bob_O
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:23am

    “In the recall of about 7 million Fisher-Price Trikes and Tough Trikes toddler tricycles, the agency is aware of 10 reports of children being hurt. Six of them required medical attention.”

    Let’s see now…
    7 million trikes / 10 injuries = 0.00000014%
    7 million tikes / 6 injuries that required medical attention = 0.0000000085%

    WOW! what a DANGER! I am amazed I made it all the way to 60 years old!

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  • caitlynsdad
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:09am

    You mean to tell me that children sometimes get banged up while playing? What an outrage! We need to stop the madness!

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  • GIDDIONKANE
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 7:16am

    this boils down to parents watching there children, genital bleeding?? how hard are these klids “falling” on the little plastik key???? wow.

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  • slzebell69
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 7:11am

    How did we survive before the Consumer Products Safety Commission??? Tonka trucks were made of real durable metal, that cross-bar running down the middle of the bike in a precarious position, rocks and trees, water hoses and creeks…Now that we have feminized the country all the children can grow up in thier own padded cell before thrust out into the world.

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  • Pablo
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:59am

    It’s a miracle that any of us survived childhood. I mean, I used to run with a stick! It is only by the grace of God that I didn’t put an eye out. But who needs God when you’ve got the Consumer Products Safety Commission?

    I can’t wait for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Finally, we’ll all be safe.

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:02am

    Are we to put children in bubbles ’til they go off to college? Parents don’t have to be as responsible if every toy is absolutely “injury proof”. Parents are irresponsible enough now.
    No wonder the “para-site“ class thinks the government is obligated to make their world ”stupid proof” thereby creating more stupid people.

    I’m reminded of a comedian who said “my dad put a 300lb TV on a TV try and said go ahead let him pull it over….he’ll learn. Extreme?, yes, but it sort of gets to the point.

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  • MrObvious
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:17am

    As long as the recalls are voluntary, no big deal. Most folks will keep what the have – without any ill effects. It doesn’t really sound like these toys posed any serious threats, to most children, anyway.

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  • KenInIL
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:02am

    You got to be kidding 10 reports of injury out of 11 million toys. No one is recalling Alcoholic beverages because of DUI’s. Cars because of auto deaths. Prescription drugs because of 100,000 deaths from correct use. Parents & babysitters have to watch their kids stuff happens!!! No one has banned stairs because people slip on them!

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  • track
    Posted on October 1, 2010 at 1:00am

    We’ve only 1 month and a day (Nov. 2) then re-assess

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  • free2bme1961
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:27pm

    Seems like the art of making toys with safety standards, should be conquered by now….so does this mean more unemployed people, or no more toys for children?…but of course only for their protection, by our concerned government.

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  • missmarie
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:49pm

    Nobody wants to see kids get hurt. But the article says they are recalling about 7 million items due to 10 kids getting hurt, 2.8 million because 50 were defective, and 100,000 of something else that doesn’t indicate number of children actually affected. Are we being protective or over-reactive? When my kiddos got toys, I took a good look at them and determined if they were appropriate for their age level and built soundly. Then, novel idea, I kept an eye on my kids. If an item seemed dangerous, I tossed the thing out.

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:48pm

    Yes blame the Democrats because we all know that this just started happening with Obama. If toxic lead were in a baby pacifier made in China, you freaks would blame the government and demand that taxes be lowered. Quit whining, last time I checked, you are still free to wax your guns while reading your Bible.

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    • caitlynsdad
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:19am

      Take a breath, 13. No one has mentioned Obama’s name here, except (a) in jest; (b) in connection with subjects that have nothing to do with this particular story. It’s conservatism, not anti-Obamaism.

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    • ME
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 9:27am

      Might change your mind when you are old enough to pay taxes or work hard for your money and do not want to give it to incompetent idiots in Washington both parties or lazy losers that sit on there computer and look for ways to not feel like the leches on society that they are. Obama is just an embodiment of lazy, money grabbing, I know better then you idiots that have never earned anything and think the world still owes them more.

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  • Republic
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:34pm

    Back to China they go!

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  • baldwin4freedom
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:12pm

    The next thing that will be happening is when you have a child you must have a padded home so that they do not get hurt. No wonder we have a lost generation or two.

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    • Bob_O
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 8:30am

      You gave me an idea baldwin; we can take a page from the Lib-wackos and put a spin on this.

      With all the concern about kids being too fat these days, we can tell them that we are not letting our kids get fat, we are “padding” them for their own protection!

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  • flyguync
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:39pm

    I can see the next administration announcement: “We are laser-focused on toy-building reform”.

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  • klstj
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:35pm

    Oh my…well I have three boys. Three of the three have had stitches, two from rocks and one from an antique bed rail (rolled off in his sleep). So are they going to start recalling rocks and outlawing beds? This is just one more control measure.11 million toys for ten complaints? I wonder how many employees will be laid off to pay for this fiasco? Oops, I just stabbed my toe on the door….get in gear and put together a class action….new doors for everyone, wooo,hooo! Unbelievable!

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    • baldwin4freedom
      Posted on September 30, 2010 at 10:09pm

      You are exactly right!!

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    • PostProgressiveAmerican
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:02am

      I can add rotten apple trees (broken arm), spills from bikes, golf club (poor supervision at a friend’s house…put an end to that quickly), etc. If we start banning/recalling everything that could result in injury, there wouldn’t be much left.

      Parenting is a full-time, around-the-clock job that requires constant vigilence…and stuff will still happen.

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  • Midwest Belle
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:47pm

    Not that I’m bitching about the recall, but what ever happened to parents looking out for their kids? If I thought that key was unsafe, I would have found a way to remove it. (My kids are all over 30)

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  • FreedomOfSpeech
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:44pm

    They are recalling these products because big companies have a target on their back these days. The administration could potentially come in and put companies out of business if they perceive them to be making too much money on the backs of us “poor suckers”. When you make stuff, it has corners and edges and if some lazy fool isn’t watching his kid, the kid can crash into the product and hurt himself. Doesn’t mean everything should be recalled.

    Don’t let the Obama administration get away with burning books.

    Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT0qgjxJyRA

    These guys are trying to silence truth through the media and now they are actually burning books. This is the scariest story I’ve read in my lifetime.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:18pm

      the scariest story you ever read? really? you must not read too much.—-i think the DOD was more behind the purchase of operation dark heart than Obama was. but either way, the book is still in publication and all their efforts to surpress it have done nothing but draw more attention to it. so whomever was behind this didn’t do a very good job of covering up whatever they wanted to cover up.
      —relax.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:34pm

      I watched some news coverage of the recalls and I must say, some of these probably should be recalled – but…..parents – get off your a_ _ and keep your eye on your children. An ignition key that they can sit on – please. Where is personal responsibility? Where is the tort reform that prevents frivolous lawsuits? Come on voters it’s time to keep your eye on the ball!

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    • FreedomOfSpeech
      Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:37pm

      @MRBUTCHER I read a lot and it is by far the scariest story I have ever read. Bad things happen when the government starts buying books. This particular book had already been approved in two separate army reviews and been published. The DIA (an executive agency) stepped in and purchase all of the published copies and burned them. Given this administration’s proclivity to insert itself into every aspect of our lives, I find it extremely scary. Even the NYT thought the book burning was outrageous. (They mentioned it in an article entitled “Secrets in Plain Sight” and then didn’t mention it again.) It’s scary stuff in my opinion.

      I’ll relax in 2012.

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    • FreedomOfSpeech
      Posted on September 30, 2010 at 9:44pm

      @MRBUTCHER I meant burning not buying. I‘m so pissed about what’s happening to our country that I can barely type.

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:40pm

    ….and it;s obama’s fault!….just kidding. thanks for sharing with us blaze.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on September 30, 2010 at 11:24pm

      @FreedomOfSpeech.. You are so right.. parents give their kid a toy and don’t even use common sense.. when my kids were small they had the SMALL fisher price people and managed to get through childhood and didn’t swallow them.. walkers with wheels and didn’t fall down stairs (must be that gate I put up they couldn’t go through cause it was screwed to the wall not just set in the walkway).. etc.. parents are really LAZY they think kids raise themselves all they have to do is throw them food now and then..

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    • PostProgressiveAmerican
      Posted on October 1, 2010 at 3:05am

      I wonder where these toys are actually manufactured…did not see it mentioned, but I can guess.

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