CPSC Recall in 2009: Little Tikes™ Recalls Children's Toy Workshop Sets and Trucks Due to Choking Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.The oversized, plastic toy nail is about 3 inches long by 1 inch in diameter and comes in red or blue colors. It has a large round head; about 1 inches below the head is a plastic ridge, slightly smaller than the nail head and about 1 inch in diameter. They were sold with a variety of Little Tikes Children's products. The names, model numbers and UPC code of the products included in this recall are listed below:Model #NamePicture0914/430BElectronic Project WorkshopSOLD FROM MARCH 1994 THROUGH DEC 2003UPC: 0-50743-00914-3UPC: 0-57043-52613-80920/612237Little HandiWorker WorkhorseSOLD FROM MARCH 1999 THROUGH JUNE 2009UPC 0-50743-10920-1UPC 0-50743-61223-7​4146Home Improvements 2-Sided WorkshopSOLD FROM FEBRUARY 2001 THROUGH JANUARY 2009UPC 0-50743-04146-4​440ZSwirlin' Sawdust WorkshopSOLD FROM APRIL 2004 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2008UPC 0-50743-38540-7​4028Black Pickup Truck with ToolsSOLD FROM MARCH 2000 THROUGH APRIL 2009UPC 0-50743-04028-3​

The recalled workshop sets and trucks have oversized, plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children.

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The firm has received one report of an 11-month old boy from Goose Creek, S.C. who choked when the toy nail become forcefully lodged in his throat. The child was hospitalized and made a full recovery.

Various web sites such as www.littletikes.com and mass merchandise retailers nationwide, including Toys "R" Us, from March 1994 through June 2009 for between $25 and $100.

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