More than 280,000 wooden playsets are being recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada because they can weaken over time and eventually rot to the point of becoming a fall hazard. ‘Adventure Playsets Wooden Play Sets’ by Adventure Playsets of Amarillo, Texas uses plastic coated whitewood that rots and will eventually break when stepped on.
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. These sets were sold at Walmart, Toys R Us, Academy Sports, Menards, and Mill stores nationwide, and online at Walmart.com, ToyRUs.com, Willygoat.com from January 2004 through December 2007 for between $300 and $600.
This recall involves wooden play sets with swings, slides and ladders. Each set has an overhead monkey bar ladder that acts as both the monkey bar and swing beam, and an end ladder coated with cranberry or green plastic. 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
- Tacoma 1- AP017 and 1-AP051
- El Dorado 1-AP016
- Bellevue 1-AP048, and 1-AP012
- Dakota 1- AP046
- Sherwood 1-AP049
- Sedona 1- AP002
- Ventura 1-AP008
- Madison 1- AP006 and 1-AP015
- Belmont 1-AP003
If you or someone you know has purchased one of these products, you are urged to cease use immediately and contact the manufacturer to receive a replacement kit. Adventure Playsets can be contacted at 877-840-9068 or on their website AdventurePlaysets.com. You may also email custservice@adventureplaysets.com
For more information on other recalls that may affect you, please visit these links:
- Maclaren Stroller Recall
- RECALL – Pacifiers May Come Apart And Be Swallowed
- RECALL – Daiso Issues Two Recalls On More Than 10 Different Children’s Toys
- RECALL – Targets Issues Recall and Pays $600,000 For Knowingly Violating Lead Paint Ban
- RECALL – ‘Wooden Bunk Beds’ Sold At Big Lots Stores May Collapse
- RECALL – O’Neill Hoodies Could Cause Strangulation
- RECALL – MAXI-COSI Child Safety Seats
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