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Maclaren USA Stroller Recall Re-announced after Additional Injuries

By Kelly Balamuth on May 16, 2011

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Maclaren USA, Inc., re-announced the recall of approximately one million Maclaren strollers due to additional reports of fingertip amputations and lacerations. The original recall was announced in November 2009 and included strollers sold prior to that date. It was implemented due to a hazard with the stroller’s hinge mechanism, which poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to a child when the stroller is unfolded or opened.

Maclaren has received 149 reports of injury incidents with the strollers to-date, with 37 of those reported injuries occurring after the initial November 2009 recall. The post-November recall injuries include five fingertip amputations, 16 lacerations, and 16 finger entrapments and bruising. The original recall was announced after 15 incidents of injury.
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