Fisher-Price · Recalled
Fisher-Price Recalls Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs Due to Laceration Hazard
Children can fall on or against the pegs on the rear legs of the high chair resulting in injuries or lacerations. The pegs are used for high chair tray storage.
- Units
- About 950,000 high chairs in the U.S. and 125,000 in Canada
- Reports
- 14
- Injuries
- 1
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $70–$115
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
This recall involves the Healthy Care, Easy Clean and Close to Me High Chairs with pegs on the back legs intended for tray storage. The high chairs have a folding frame for storage and a three-position reclining seat. The model number and date code of the high chair is on the back of the seat. All Easy Clean and Close To Me High Chairs are included in this recall. Only Healthy Care High Chairs manufactured before December 2006 are included in the recall. If the fourth digit in the date code is 6 or less, the Healthy Care High Chair is included in the recall.
The file
- Sold at
- Mass merchandise retail stores nationwide from September 2001 through September 2010 for between about $70 and $115.
- Product type
- High Chairs
- Made in
- China, Mexico
- Recalled by
- Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y.
Incident log
CPSC and Fisher-Price are aware of 14 reports of incidents, including seven reports of children requiring stitches and one tooth injury.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the High Chair immediately and contact Fisher-Price for instructions and a free repair kit.
For additional information, contact Fisher-Price at (800) 432-5437 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.service.mattel.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 30 2010; last revised MAY 23 2014.
