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Thousands of children's playsets recalled due to fall hazard


Last Update: 11/06 5:05 pm
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Adventure Playsets Wooden Play Sets recalled. (Photo from CPSC)
Adventure Playsets Wooden Play Sets recalled. (Photo from CPSC)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About 275,000 Adventure Playsets wooden playsets, manufactured in the United States and distributed by Adventure Playsets of Amarillo, Texas, because the materials in the horizontal ladder that forms the monkey bars and swing beam can weaken over time.

This poses a fall hazard. An additional 6,800 sets were recalled in Canada. The company has received more than 1,400 reports of rotting ladders and 16 reports of injuries, including nine emergency room visits.

Some of the sets were also recalled in 2006 for defective bolts. The sets in Thursday's recall were sold at Walmart, Toys "R" Us, Academy Sports, Menards and Mill stores nationwide, as well online at Walmart.com, ToyRUs.com, Willygoat.com and through the DMSI catalog. They were available between January 2004 and December 2007.

For more information, call 877-840-9068 or CLICK HERE to go to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.



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