Name of product: Lascal “Buggy Board” stroller attachment
Units: About 11,500
Distributor: Regal Lager Inc., of Kennesaw, Ga.
Hazard: The Buggy Board’s red connecting pins can break,
causing the board to partially detach from the stroller or carriage, posing a
fall hazard to the user.
Incidents/Injuries: Regal Lager Inc. has received two reports
of the Buggy Board disengaging from a stroller or carriage, resulting in falls
to children. One minor injury was reported.
Description: The Lascal “Buggy Board” is a wheeled board that
attaches to a stroller or baby carriage, allowing an older child to stand on
the board and ride behind the stroller between the arms of a parent or
caregiver. The product comes in black, blue, red and techno styles, and has the
words “Buggy Board” printed on the top center of the board, with the name
“Lascal” molded into the plastic on the bottom center of the board. Buggy
Boards with orange connecting pins are not included in the recall.
Sold at: Specialty retail stores, catalogs and internet sites
from January 2003 through July 2004 for about $88.
Manufactured in: Sweden
Remedy: The manufacturer is providing free repair kits to
consumers consisting of orange replacement pins for these Buggy Boards.
Consumer Contact: Call Regal Lager Inc. at (877) 242-5676
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or log on to the company’s
Web site at
www.regallager.com
Media Contact: Luanne Whiting-Lager at (678) 819-5805 or
luanne@regallager.com.
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the
public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000
types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries
and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than
$700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and
families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical
hazard. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as
toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals –
contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and
injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years
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Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC’s Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.
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