Dollar General Corp. · Recalled
CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks
Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.
- Units
- About 180,000 dive stick packages
- Reports
- —
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- 0
- Price
- $1
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.
The file
- Sold at
- Dollar General stores nationwide from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.
- Product type
- Swimming Pool Items
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- The Dollar General Corp., of Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Incident log
None reported.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.
Contact Dollar General at (800) 678-9258 between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit their Web site at www.dollargeneral.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated FEB 16 2005; last revised SEP 18 2024.
