CPSC Recalls

Recalls / 2005-02-16

CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks

05112 · Recalled 2005-02-16 · CPSC page

Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks

Description

The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.

Hazards

Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.

Reported injuries

None reported.

Remedy

Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.

Products

NameModelUnits
Dive SticksAbout 180,000 dive stick packages

Parties

Distributor
The Dollar General Corp., of Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Made in
China
Sold at
Dollar General from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.

Consumer contact

Contact Dollar General at (800) 678-9258 between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit their Web site at www.dollargeneral.com

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Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks

Source: CPSC recall 05112. Inclusion in this database is not legal or medical advice.