Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2006-09-22 · 06266
Hazards
The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
Recall
Number
06266
Date
2006-09-22
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
Team Talkin' Tool Bench™
Companies
Retailer(s)
Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.
Distributor(s)
Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I.
Description
The Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.