Discovery Kids Lamps Recall due to Fire and Burn Hazard
A lamp fire hazard prompted a Discovery Kids Animated Marine and Safari lamp recall, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced. The recall of 360,000 kids lamps comes after the company, Innovage LLC of California, received nine incident reports, including seven situations in which lamps caught fire, one involving a child smoke inhalation injury and three property damage reports.
The decorative lamps are silver with rotating marine life or safari scenes. The lamps have a defect in their circuit board that can cause an electrical short, which is the source of the burn hazard and fire risk to consumers. The Discovery Kids lamp recall includes the following:
- Discovery Kids Animated Marine Lamp, model numbers 1627121 or 1628626
- Discovery Kids Animated Safari Lamp 1627124 or 1628626
- All models have an 11-digit batch number beginning in “2″ printed on the bottom of the lamp
- Model numbers are printed on the bottom of the packaging
The recalled Discovery Kids lamps were sold at department stores, mass retailers, drug stores and hardware stores nationwide and online from July 2009 through January 2010. Owners should stop using the lamps immediately and contact Innovage for information on how to return the product for a refund.
Child burn injury information
- Each year, approximately 116,600 children are treated for fire/burn injuries
- Children under 4 years of age and children with disabilities are at the greatest risk of burn-related death and injury
- Each year, approximately 528 children ages 14 and under die due to unintentional fire- and burn-related injury
Read more child burn information at Safe Kids USA.
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