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NEWS from CPSC
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Office of Information and Public Affairs | Washington, DC 20207 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Release #10-171 | Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 842-3206
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, K0 V4 t/ d- s1 @# t | Graco Recalls Harmony™ High Chairs Due to Fall Hazard8 J$ E3 r! W4 v0 j) h
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following product. Consumers should stop using product immediately unless otherwise instructed.
% P8 X( V7 C. q L9 S! I- t* vName of Product: Graco Harmony™ High Chairs" Y8 g, v, c) }& e" i6 O$ u7 x
Units: About 1.2 million3 g5 u3 A4 j( b/ y( q7 w
Manufacturer: Graco Children's Products Inc., of Atlanta, Ga.& A. n' |$ K" O8 m; _7 B& w9 B. C
Hazard: The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly. This poses a fall hazard to children.7 s' J2 c8 \! f' B, G$ ?8 b0 B
Incidents/Injuries: Graco has received 464 reports of screws loosening/falling out and/or plastic brackets cracking causing the high chair to tip over unexpectedly. These tip-over's resulted in 24 reports of injuries including bumps and bruises to the head, a hairline fracture to the arm, and cuts, bumps, bruises and scratches to the body.
3 k6 c" g' f2 S2 L8 Y rDescription: This recall involves all Harmony™ High Chairs. The Harmony™ high chair was manufactured from November 2003 through December 2009 and is no longer in production. The model number can be found on the label that is located on the underside of the foot rest.
! @$ m& n) R# O: p' yHarmony™ High Chair Model Numbers3920BAN3920BAN23920BEB3920BEBB3920COV3920DOH3920GEI 3920GEIDSP3920GRN3920HMP3920IVY3920LAU3920PKR3930DDH 3930DHO3935CAL3935OXB3935PKR3935PKRDSP3935SPM3935SPMDSP 3935THR3935THR23935THR33940BIA3940BIADSP3940CAP3940CLE3940COT3940DRM3940HML3940MCH3940NGS3940SAV3940SLT3940SPT3940STA3940UNN3951CLO3951CLT3951COT3951ORC3951WLO3955WSR3960BGN3960CJG3960CNP3960GGG3980CNR3E00ABB3E00BAT3E00DCF 3E00DCFDSP3E00DGP3E00DGPDSP3E00GPK3E01BDS3E01BDSCA3E01DNY3E01DNY13E01ELP3E01ELPDSP Note: These model numbers may begin with the letter A, B, C, or DAdditional Models:175240417558591755860175725917574121760429 Sold at: AAFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies "R" Us, Toys "R" Us, Sears, Target, Target.com, Walmart, WalMart.com, Shopko, USA Baby, and other retailers nationwide from December 2003 through March 2010 for between $70 and $120.
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e. j- P+ U+ s2 yRemedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the Harmony™ high chair and contact Graco to receive a free repair kit.- k2 n* ?9 j+ y- S! p ?; Z/ I
Consumer Contact: To order a free repair kit, contact Graco toll-free at (877) 842-3206 or visit the firm's Web site at www.gracobaby.com. For additional information, contact Graco at (800) 345-4109 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
" ~) V& |; N# F. |Consumers can also view a public service announcement (transcript) about this recall. This is in "streaming video" format.
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, R; R0 y" T8 X9 w1 N- ?& J( O[size=-1]--- CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx
; {7 z A# B- m5 P/ [" ~4 AThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
' s* {0 a9 ]7 W9 V* ?) p9 Y4 LTo report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.: M; j" ]2 S1 g2 z- J+ H, [+ a" c
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