Recalls this week: infant rattles, mobiles, keychains
Infant rattles with parts that can break off and pose a choking hazard are being recalled this week. Other recalled consumer products include mobiles with faulty clamps.
Here's a more detailed look:
INFANT RATTLES
DETAILS: Vtech Shake and Sing Elephant rattle with model number 80-184800. VTech is stamped on the elephant. The rattle is about 7 inches long and the number 1848 is printed on the back of the rattle adjacent to the battery door. The rattle sings when a button is switched on. They were sold at Walmart, Kmart, Meijer, Mills Fleet Farm, Seventh Avenue, and at Amazon.com and zulily.com from November 2015 through November 2017.
WHY: The ears on the elephant rattles can break off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
INCIDENTS: Five reports of the ears breaking off of the rattle. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 280,000.
FOR MORE: Call VTech at 800-521-2010 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit www.vtechkids.com and click on "Support" and "Recall Information" or at https://www.vtechkids.com/support/support_form .
LIGHTS AND MOBILES
DETAILS: VTech Lights & Lullabies Travel mobiles. The recalled mobiles were sold in blue and pink. The model numbers are 80-503000 (blue) and 80-503050 (pink). The pink mobile was sold exclusively at Amazon.com. The mobile has a white and pink or white and blue plastic arm that clamps onto the side of a crib. It has three star attachments that hang from the top. The mobile has a music button that plays music, nature sounds and nursery rhymes. The mobile measures 5 inches wide by 15.8 inches tall. The model numbers are printed on the battery compartment door. They were sold at Kmart, Walmart and online at Amazon.com and zulily.com from February 2017 through November 2017.
WHY: The clamp attaching the mobile to the crib rail can break causing the mobile to fall, posing an injury hazard to an infant in the crib.
INCIDENTS: Six reports of the clamp cracking. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 37,000 in the U.S. and 4,800 in Canada.
FOR MORE: Call VTech at 800-521-2010 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit www.vtechkids.com and click on "Support" and "Recall Information" or at https://www.vtechkids.com/support/support_form .
FIDGET SPINNER KEYCHAINS
DETAILS: Pokemon fidget spinner keychains. The keychains have a silver metal key ring with a metal bar attached to it with a Pokemon-themed fidget spinner on the end of the metal bar. They were sold at Bonita Marie Int., Gamestop, Wonderland stores and others nationwide and at Amazon.com and other websites from September 2017 through November 2017.
WHY: The center post on the fidget spinner can become loose or fall out, posing a choking hazard.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 20,000.
FOR MORE: Call Fashion Accessory Bazaar at 888-320-3299 any time, send email to supportdesk@fabny.com or visit www.fabny.com and click on "Recall Information" at the bottom of the page.
MURPHY BED KITS
DETAILS: All I-Semble vertical and horizontal Murphy Bed hardware kits. The kits are used to assemble fold-down beds and were sold in three sizes: twin, full and queen. The model numbers for the I-Semble vertical-mount Murphy bed hardware kit with mattress platform are: twin size, model #54877; full size, model #55991; and queen size, model #54386. The I-Semble horizontal-mount Murphy bed hardware kit with mattress platform twin size, model #50479; full size, model #53155; and queen size, model #58262. They include a metal bed frame with wood slats for the mattress platform, a metal leg to support the foot of the mattress platform, mounting brackets to attach the metal bed frame to the wooden enclosure built by consumers, wall brackets to secure the wood enclosure to wall studs, and associated screws and bolts. They were sold at Rockler stores nationwide, Rockler catalog and at Rockler.com from January 2017 through October 2017.
WHY: The hardware kits used to secure the wooden wall enclosures to the wall studs do not provide sufficient bracing support, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or injuries to children.
INCIDENTS: Five reports of the wooden wall enclosure falling from the wall, including one report of injury. The injury involved muscle strain and soreness to an adult.
HOW MANY: About 2,300.
FOR MORE: Call Rockler at 800-260-9663 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or visit www.Rockler.com and click on the recall notice at the top of the page.
WATER COOLERS
DETAILS: Some Elkay and Halsey Taylor water coolers and bottle-filling stations. They are mainly installed in public facilities such as schools/universities, office buildings and airports. The brand Elkay or Halsey Taylor is identified on the front of the units with a nameplate or embossing and the affected serial numbers begin with the numbers 1704, 1705 or 1706. For more information on where to identify the model numbers and serial numbers on the units, visit www.checkmycooler.com . They were sold by Elkay distributors from May 2017 through June 2017.
WHY: Internal screws that secure the grounding wire can break and allow the grounding wire to become loose, posing a shock hazard.
INCIDENTS: 362 reports of broken screws being found in units prior to installation. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 31,600.
FOR MORE: Call Elkay at 866-243-3070 Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., send email to Recall17@elkay.com or visit www.elkay.com and click on "Product Recall" at the bottom of the page. Consumers can also go to www.checkmycooler.com and enter a unit's full serial number to see if it is included in the recall.