Children's products that pose choking hazards top this week's consumer recalls. The list includes toy workshops with potentially hazardous toy nails, and a toy music table with small pegs that could come off.
Other recalls include drop-side cribs that could trap an infant, toy cars with lead paint, and brush cutters and trimmers with potentially leaky fuel caps.
Here's a look at the details:
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TOY WORKSHOP SETS
DETAILS: Toy-maker Little Tikes of Hudson, Ohio, is expanding a 2009 recall of toy workshop sets and trucks to include 11 additional models of workshops and tool sets. The toys, made in the U.S. and China, were sold by retailers nationwide from 1990 through 2004
WHY: The workshops and tool sets have oversized, plastic toy nails that might cause young children to choke.
INCIDENTS: Little Tikes has reported two additional incidents prior to the August 2009 recall in which children choked when a toy nail became lodged in their throat. Both children were treated and recovered.
HOW MANY: More than 1.7 million toy workshops and tool sets, in addition to the 1.6 million workshops and trucks with the same nails that were recalled in 2009.
FOR MORE: Call 800-321-0183; visit www.littletikes.com or www.cpsc.gov .
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TOY MUSICAL TABLE
DETAILS: Musical Wooden Table Toys imported by Battat Inc. of Plattsburgh, N.Y., and sold at music and toy stores nationwide and online from September 2006 to October 2010. The table has a green painted surface and colorful instruments affixed to the top. The table toys were manufactured in China.
WHY: Small pegs on the xylophone toy can loosen and detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.
INCIDENTS: Nine reports of loose and detached pegs. No injuries reported.
HOW MANY: About 14,000.
FOR MORE: Call 800-247-6144; visit www.battatco.com or www.cpsc.gov .
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DROP-SIDE CRIBS
DETAILS: Shermag Inc., of Quebec, Canada is recalling wooden drop-side cribs sold separately and as part of the "City Lights," "Fairy Tales" and "Dormez Vous" furniture collections. The Chinese-made cribs were sold at Land of Nod and other baby specialty stores from September 2004 through December 2008. "Shermag" is printed on a tag on the mattress springs. The recall includes model numbers 202647, 211047 and 272547.
WHY: The drop-side rail hardware on the cribs can break or fail, allowing the drop side to detach from the crib. That can create a gap through which an infant or toddler could become wedged or trapped, posing risks of suffocation and strangulation. Also, children can fall out of the crib when the drop-side fail falls or detaches from the crib.
INCIDENTS: 21 incidents involving drop sides that failed or detached. No injuries reported.
HOW MANY: About 2,300 in the U.S.
FOR MORE: Call 800-567-3419; visit www.shermag.com or www.cpsc.gov .
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TOY CARS
DETAILS: Packages of four to six miniature toy plastic cars distributed by Mega Wholesales Corporation, of Miami, Fla. and manufactured in China for Miami-based LM Import & Export, Inc. The cars were sold at Mega Wholesale stores in the Miami area from September 2010 through January 2011. "Gallop X" or "RACING CARS" is printed on the product packaging, and the cars have red stickers with "super," "max" and "racing" labeled on the top and sides of the 4-inch cars.
WHY: Paint on the toy cars contains excessive levels of lead, a violation of the federal lead paint standard.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 1,900
FOR MORE: Call 305-622-7122; visit www.cpsc.gov
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BRUSH CUTTERS AND TRIMMERS
DETAILS: RedMax brush cutters/trimmers manufactured by Husqvarna Zenoah Co. Ltd., an affiliate of Husqvarna Professional Products Inc. of Charlotte, N.C. The affected model is the TR2350S. The products were sold at RedMax dealers and distributors throughout the U.S. and Canada.
WHY: Fuel could leak from the fuel cap, posing a fire hazard.
INCIDENTS: No reports of fire, injury or property damage.
HOW MANY: About 10,500
FOR MORE: Call 877-257-6921; visit www.cpsc.gov .