CPSC, Swimways Corp. Announce Recall of Pool Dive Sticks
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2003-05-19 · 03126
Hazards
Children can fall or land on these dive sticks in shallow water and may suffer impalement injuries.
Recall
Number
03126
Date
2003-05-19
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
Swimways Corp Dive Sticks
Companies
Retailer(s)
Specialty pool stores nationwide sold these dive sticks, from December 2002 through May 2003, for about $6.
Distributor(s)
Swimways Corp., of Virginia Beach, Va.
Country of manufacture
China
Description
These are "Swim Ways Deluxe Dive Buddies" weighted dive sticks. The dive sticks are soft plastic tubes that have character heads and feet. The characters are a yellow seahorse, a green and purple walrus, a red and blue underwater diver, and a blue shark. The dive sticks are about 7.5 inches long and an inch in diameter. When dropped into water, they sink to the bottom of a pool and stand upright so children can swim or dive down and retrieve them. There is no writing on the products except numbers located on the backs that represent the dive stick's point value. The cardboard-backed packaging shows a photo of fish and coral in an underwater scene. Writing on the packaging includes "Swim Ways," "Deluxe Dive Buddies" and "Made in China."