Britax Stroller Recall Over Laceration, Amputation Hazard
A Britax stroller recall involves about 14,000 “Blink” umbrella strollers from Charlotte, N.C.-based Britax Child Safety, Inc., the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. Children’s fingers can get caught in the stroller hinge and become cut or potentially amputated if the stroller is folded.
The recalled defective strollers have the word “Blink” printed on the metal frame on both sides below the handles. They were manufactured between May and September of 2009 and sold at Buy Buy Baby and other children’s product and mass merchandise retailers nationwide. The strollers were also sold online at Amazon.com, BabiesRUs.com, Target.com and Diapers.com from July 2009 through February 2010.
MTD Log Splitter Recall Due to Amputation Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, in cooperation with MTD Products Inc, a Cleveland, Ohio firm, has announced a recall of about 28,100 log splitters, 26,000 in the United States and 2,100 in Canada. The control handle of the log splitter could fail to automatically return to the neutral position as it should and could fail to stop the splitting wedge from moving forward, posing a risk of amputation to consumers’ hands and fingers.
