Year archive
Recalls in 1979
33 recall notices were dated 1979: rank #45 of 54 years on file.
- F A O Schwarz F A O Schwartz infant crib exerciser toysStrangulation
- Bassett Candlelite cribsEntrapment
- R. Dakin Duckswoop stuffed mobile toysStrangulation
- Chim-A-Lator fireplace and wood-burning stove air damper systemsFire & burns
- Afro Products Afro hand-held hair dryersOther hazard
- Western Publishing Soft Shot Star Launcher blow-gun toysChoking
- Fuel Gard Activators Fuel Sentry thermostat controlsFire & burns
- CBS Toys Giggle SticksChoking
- AMF Mares Californian Underwater Spear GunsCuts
- Durham Holly Hobbie dial/intercom toy telephone setsFire & burns
- King Seeley Thermos Valves On Gas Grills Recalled by King Seeley ThermosFire & burns
- Sunbeam electric lawnmowersOther hazard
- Under Sea Scubapro second-stage scuba regulatorsDrowning
- Bonat Rocket Blower commercial hair dryersOther hazard
- Corning / Corningware Corning Ware Pyrex coffee percolatorsOther hazard
- Sears portable color television setsFire & burns
- Edgewood Chenille Edgewood women's bathrobesFire & burns
- American Electric Brite Bar fluorescent light fixturesFire & burns
- Intermatic Temperature Tender automatic temperature setback controlsFire & burns
- Baby Line Furniture Babyline full-sized baby cribsCuts
- F.J. Strauss Straco Western Double-Barrel Cork RiflesCuts
- Jackes Evans Wel Hearth Glo wood-burning circulator heatersCuts
- Sears portable electric fansFire & burns
- Acme Specialties Three Stars Plastic Ring CapsFire & burns
- AMF Voit AMF carbine aquatic spear gunsFire & burns
- Conair hand-held hair dryersOther hazard
- Carrier Weathermaker air conditionersElectric shock
- Daisy BB gunsCuts
- McGraw Edison Bench Grinders To Be RepairedOther hazard
- Eagle Family Discount Stores Gun Fighter double-barreled toy cork shotgunsCuts
- Pestolite Commercial Fly Control Device insect-killersFire & burns
- Mattel Battlestar Galactica space toysOther hazard
- Montgomery Ward Mehanotehnika toys telephone setsFire & burns
Counts are of recall notices, not products. Hazard words are found by rules in each notice’s headline and hazard text and can miss unusual wording.