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EVENFLO CHILD SAFETY SEAT — CHILD SEAT

1 injured · 72889 · 1997-03-31

Vehicle

Make
EVENFLO
Model
CHILD SAFETY SEAT
Year
Manufacturer
Evenflo Company, Inc.
Component
CHILD SEAT

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

EVENFLO MODEL 251, DOM 09-96, 5 PT. SYSTEM, CHILD RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS, BRANDING L SHAPE ON OUTER THIGH AREA DUE TO OVERHEATING OF METAL LATCH BUCKLE ON HARNESS WHICH SNAPS BETWEEN LEG ABOVE JUST ABOVE CHILD'S THIGH, WAS TREATED IN PHYSICIANS EMERGENCY ROOM, A TOWEL WAS APPLIED TO SEAT WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING UNDER SUNLIGHT. *AK

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
810550
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown