Payless ShoeSource · Recalled
Payless ShoeSource Recalls Girls' Boots Due to Fall Hazard
The guitar-shaped zipper pulls on each boot can interlock while a child is walking, causing the child to trip and fall.
- Units
- About 90,000
- Reports
- 5
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $27
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
This recall involves black jeweled girls' boots. The boots have a silhouette of a guitar on the outer leg and a guitar-shaped zipper pull on the inner leg. "Hannah Montana" is engraved on the boot outsole and a photo of the singer and show's character is printed on the box. The boots were sold in girls' sizes 10½ to 4½. No other styles or models are involved in this recall.
The file
- Sold at
- Payless ShoeSource stores nationwide and Payless.com from August 2007 through September 2007 for about $27.
- Product type
- Shoes, Sandals & Boots
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- Payless ShoeSource Inc., of Topeka, KS
Incident log
Payless has received five reports of the zipper pulls interlocking, including one report of a four-year-old girl who fell and skinned her knees.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should take these boots away from children immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full refund or exchange.
For additional information, contact Payless at (800) 654-0697 between 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. CT daily. Consumers can also visit the firm's Web site at www.payless.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 OCT 18 2007; last revised MAY 23 2014.