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Fisher Price Recalls Infant Musical Toy Chair

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 consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Fisher-Price, Laugh & Learn, Musical Learning Chair

Units: About 614,000

Hazard: A child can become lodged between the seatback and side table of the chair, possibly leading to an entrapment of the neck. This can pose a strangulation hazard to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: Fisher-Price has received three reports of young children getting their necks lodged between the seatback and the side table of the toy, including one report of a child receiving a welt on the neck.

Description:
The recalled Laugh & Learn Musical Learning Chair is a plastic infant toy that measures about 17 inches high. It plays music and teaches children numbers and letters. It also features a blue chair with four green plastic legs and a side table with a purple base and white top. The table holds a clock, book, and a lamp. Smiley faces are displayed on the lamp and seat back. “Fisher-Price” is written on the front of the chair. The packaging states that the toy is intended for children 12 months through 36 months of age. The model numbers are H4609, H7167 through H7173, H8157, H8998, and J0272 through J0275 can be found on the underside of the seat of the chair.

 

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Did You Know?    
 
 
NEISS stands for CPSC’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
2003 NEISS estimates have been produced from a sample of 98 hospitals, including children’s hospitals. Information from NEISS is available to the public through CPSC’s National Injury Information Clearinghouse (phone: 301-504-7921) and online

 


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Inadequate Warning

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