Playskool · Recalled
Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers
The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
- Units
- About 255,000
- Reports
- —
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $35
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.
The file
- Sold at
- Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.
- Product type
- Toy Play Sets/Activity Sets
- Made in
- Not stated
- Recalled by
- Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I.
Incident log
Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately take the two toy nails away from children and contact Playskool to get information on returning the nails for a $50 certificate for a Playskool (or its related companies') product.
For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.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 SEP 22 2006; last revised JUL 19 2024.