Product Recall: BCI Single Post Swingsets

Published: September 25, 2007, 10:09 am

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Filed under: Health and SafetyThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with BCI Burke Company, has announced the recall of Single Post Swing Sets due to a fall hazard. The connection at the top of the cross beam can actually break and cause the beam to collapse. This poses a fall hazard to children as well as a hazard to those who might be standing nearby when it falls. In other words, falling off the swing and getting banged on the head with a metal beam is hazardous to one's health.BCI has received four reports of the beam breaking and one report of a child injured after falling from the swing. The recall includes the Single Post Swing Set model 550-0033 as well as the added bay swings model 550-0035 with belt or bucket seats. The swings are made with a 2-3/8-inch diameter top beam that is welded to a formed plate on each end to attach to the upright post.These swings appear to be ones that you might find at your local playground as well as in your yard. If

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