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Wooden Play Sets by Adventure Playsets
- Starting date:
- November 5, 2009
- Posting date:
- November 5, 2009
- Type of communication:
- Consumer Product Recall
- Subcategory:
- Childrens' Products, Outdoor Living
- Source of recall:
- Health Canada
- Issue:
- Product Safety
- Audience:
- General Public
- Identification number:
- RA-500002130
Affected products
Wooden Play Sets by Adventure Playsets
Product description
This recall involves wooden play sets with swings, slides, and ladders, by Adventure Playsets. Each set has an overhead horizontal monkey bar ladder that acts as both a monkey bar and swing beam, and an end ladder coated with plastic that is cranberry or green in colour. The instruction manual has the name "Adventure Playsets", and one of the following model numbers printed on the cover:
- Durango: 1-AP016 and 1-AP018
- Yukon: 1-AP052
Hazard identified
The plastic coated lumber on the horizontal ladder (monkey bar/swing beam) can weaken over time due to rotting of the whitewood (spruce, pine and fir species), posing a fall hazard to users.
Adventure Playsets is voluntarily recalling these wooden play sets in cooperation with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Health Canada.
In the United States, Adventure Playsets has received more than 1,400 reports of rotting ladders involving 16 injuries that resulted in nine emergency room visits. The injuries include two arm fractures, lacerations, scrapes, and bruises to children younger than 8 years old. Most of the reported injuries occurred when the swing came out of the monkey bar/swing beam that had rotted.
Neither Adventure Playsets nor Health Canada has received any reports of incidents or injuries to Canadians related to the use of these playsets.
Number sold
Approximately 4,330 of the recalled Durango play sets and 2,413 of the recalled Yukon playsets were sold at Wal-Mart stores across Canada.
Time period sold
The recalled playsets were sold from January 2004 to December 2007.
Place of origin
Manufactured in the United States.
Companies
- Manufacturer
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Adventure Playsets
Amarillo
Texas
UNITED STATES
Tel: 1-877-840-9068
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What you should do
Consumers should immediately stop using the swing sets and contact Adventure Playsets to receive a replacement kit which includes the horizontal ladder and the vertical end truss support pieces.
For more information, consumers may contact Adventure Playsets toll-free at 1-877-840-9068 between 8 AM and 5 PM CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's web site, or email the firm at custservice@adventureplaysets.com.
Consumers may view the release by the US CPSC on the Commission's web site