Family & Living

March, 18, 2010 - 04:18 PM / ET

Graco Recalls Harmony(TM) High Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

Graco Recalls Harmony(TM) High Chairs Due to Fall Hazard

    WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ --The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following product. Consumers should stop using product immediately unless otherwise instructed.

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    Name of Product: Graco Harmony(TM) High Chairs

 

    Units: About 1.2 million

 

    Manufacturer: Graco Children's Products Inc., of Atlanta, Ga.

 

    Hazard: The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly. This poses a fall hazard to children.

 

    Incidents/Injuries: Graco has received 464 reports of screws loosening/falling out and/or plastic brackets cracking causing the high chair to tip over unexpectedly. These tip-over's resulted in 24 reports of injuries including bumps and bruises to the head, a hairline fracture to the arm, and cuts, bumps, bruises and scratches to the body.

 

    Description: This recall involves all Harmony(TM) High Chairs. The Harmony(TM) high chair was manufactured from November 2003 through December 2009 and is no longer in production. The model number can be found on the label that is located on the underside of the foot rest.

 

                           Harmony(TM) High Chair Model Numbers

    3920BAN     3920BAN2  3920BEB    3920BEBB  3920COV     3920DOH  3920GEI

    3920GEIDSP  3920GRN   3920HMP    3920IVY   3920LAU     3920PKR  3930DDH

    3930DHO     3935CAL   3935OXB    3935PKR   3935PKRDSP  3935SPM  3935SPMDSP

    3935THR     3935THR2  3935THR3   3940BIA   3940BIADSP  3940CAP  3940CLE     3940COT

    3940DRM     3940HML   3940MCH    3940NGS   3940SAV     3940SLT  3940SPT     3940STA

    3940UNN     3951CLO   3951CLT    3951COT   3951ORC     3951WLO  3955WSR     3960BGN

    3960CJG     3960CNP   3960GGG    3980CNR   3E00ABB     3E00BAT  3E00DCF

    3E00DCFDSP  3E00DGP   3E00DGPDSP           3E00GPK     3E01BDS  3E01BDSCA   3E01DNY

    3E01DNY1    3E01ELP   3E01ELPDSP

 

 

    Note: These model numbers may begin with the letter A, B, C, or D

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    Additional

    Models:     1752404   1755859     1755860   1757259     1757412   1760429

 

    Sold at: AAFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies "R" Us, Toys "R" Us, Sears, Target, Target.com, Walmart, WalMart.com, Shopko, USA Baby, and other retailers nationwide from December 2003 through March 2010 for between $70 and $120.

 

    Manufactured in: United States

 

    Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the Harmony(TM) high chair and contact Graco to receive a free repair kit.

 

    Consumer Contact: To order a free repair kit, contact Graco toll-free at (877) 842-3206 or visit the firm's Web site at www.gracobaby.com. For additional information, contact Graco at (800) 345-4109 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

 

    CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx

 

    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. 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 decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

 

    To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.

 

    Firm's Recall Hotline: (877) 492-6333

    CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772

    CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

 

SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission








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