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Product Recall Number: 15-102

Why was Residential hydraulic elevators recalled?

The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.

Residential hydraulic elevators
Here's product recall specific data for Residential hydraulic elevators.

  • Product Recall Number: 15-102

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2015-03-19

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Residential hydraulic elevators

  • Description: The elevator can operate while the gate door is open and can result in serious injury.

  • Hazard Description: The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: About 240

  • Incidents: Coastal Carolina Elevators has received three reports of incidents with the elevators, including one injury that resulted in a catastrophic brain injury to a 10-year-old boy from Baltimore, Md.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Coastal Carolina Elevator for a free repair.

  • Sold At: Coastal Carolina Elevators through residential contractors and home builders, including DRHorton, in South Carolina from January 2006 through December 2009 for between $16,000 and $25,000.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: Cambridge Elevating, of Canada

  • Distributors: Coastal Carolina Elevators LLC, formerly Seaside Elevator LLC, of Little River, S.C.

  • Manufactured In: Canada

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed