Wednesday, August 29, 2012

News from CPSC - Two Recalls

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Communications
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Report an Unsafe Product: http://SaferProducts.gov

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This message contains the following:

1. Cooper Lighting Recalls Shower Light Trim and Glass Lens Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12261.html
2. Summer Infant Recalls to Repair Baby Bathers Due to Fall and Head Injury Hazard http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12262.html

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1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2012
Release #12-261

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 954-7228
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Cooper Lighting Recalls Shower Light Trim and Glass Lens Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Shower light trim

Units: About 50,400

Distributor: Cooper Lighting LLC, of Peachtree City, Ga.

Hazard: The shower light's trim and glass lens can fall from the ceiling fixture, posing an impact and laceration hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Cooper Lighting has received 407 reports of trim pieces falling and breaking, including laceration injuries to a consumer's head and foot when struck by the light's trim and lens as they fell from the ceiling fixture.

Description: This recall involves All-Pro shower light trim models ERT701, RE-ERT 701, ERT702 and ERT703 with a glass lens and date codes 347 11 through 119 12. The model number and date code are marked on underside of the portion of the trim facing the ceiling. The trim is used with light fixtures listed below.

Shower light trim model numbers: ERT701, RE-ERT701, ERT702, ERT703

Date codes: 347 11 through 119 12; Example: the 347th day of 2011 (or Dec. 13, 2011) through the 119th day of the 2012 (or April 28, 2012)

Used with light fixture model numbers: ET700, ET700R, ET2700, EI700U, EI700UAT
Can also fit in H7T, H7RT, H7UIC, H7UIC, H27T, H27TCP, H27RT, H7TCP, H270ICAT, H271ICAT,
H274E, H276E, H280E, H280EL, H280EEM, H283, H283EL, H280EICAT, H280ELICAT, H285E,
H285EL, H285EEM, H285EEML, H287E, H287EL, H285EICAT, H285ELICAT, H7ICT, H7ICAT, H27ICAT

Sold at: Home Depot and other home improvement stores nationwide and by professional installers from January 2012 through July 2012 for about $13 for the trim and glass lens.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should contact Cooper Lighting immediately to receive free replacement trim for the shower light.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Cooper Lighting at (800) 954-7228 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's recall page at www.cooperlighting.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12261.html

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2. NEWS from CPSC and HC

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission www.cpsc.gov
Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 2012
Release #12-262

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 426-8627
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908
HC Media Contact: (613) 957-2983

Summer Infant Recalls to Repair Baby Bathers Due to Fall and Head Injury Hazard
Consumers should order free repair kit

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Mother's Touch/Deluxe Baby Bathers

Units: About 2 million in the United States and an additional 65,000 in Canada

Manufacturer: Summer Infant Inc., of Woonsocket, R.I.

Hazard: When the bather is lifted and/or carried with an infant in it, its folding wire frame can suddenly disengage from the side hinge, dropping the baby out of the bather, posing a fall hazard and a risk of serious head injury to infants.

Incidents/Injuries: CPSC and Summer Infant have received seven reports of incidents in the U.S., including five reports of infants suffering head injuries from falls from the bathers. Four children between two weeks and two months old received skull fractures, including one that required intensive care for bleeding on the brain. The fifth child received a bump to the head requiring emergency room treatment.

Description: This recall involves Summer Infant baby bathers with a small, nearly square blue or pink plastic base measuring about 13 ½ inches long by 12 ½ inches wide and with the following model numbers listed below. Model numbers are located either on the side of the baby bather near the warning label or on the front near the wash instructions. Some units have multiple model numbers. Model numbers with an additional letter at the end of the model number are also included in this recall.

Recalled Summer Infant Baby Bathers Model Numbers:
08020, 08050, 08054, 08070, 08401, 08409, 08404, 08405, 08650, 08655, 08659, 08754, 08940, 08944
18004, 18040, 18049, 18050, 18120, 18125, 18129, 18254, 18360, 18375, 18379, 18390, 18394, 18440, 18445, 18449, 18470, 18475, 18479
38510, 38515, 38750, 38755

The bathers have adjustable side hinges with five rivets each and a white wire frame with a mesh fabric sling seat and two or three positions for the seats. Some also have a head support cushion. The fabric seat comes in various colors including white, blue, green, yellow and orange with fish, turtles, butterflies, frogs, flowers and duck patterns. Bathers manufactured since July 2007 include the warning "Never lift or carry the bather with infant in it."

Sold at: Mass merchandise stores nationwide and on the Web from September 2004 through November 2011 for between $15 and $30.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the bathers and contact Summer Infant for a free repair kit that includes a locking strap and instructions. Note: Even with the new locking strap installed, the baby bather product should never be used to lift and carry an infant.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Summer Infant at (800) 426-8627 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.summerinfant.com/batherrepairkit. Do not return to stores as the retailers will not have the repair kit

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12262.html




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