Product Recall Number: 16-084
Why was AquaRug shower rugs recalled?
The four suction cups on the underside of the rugs can fail to prevent slipping, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Product Recall Number: 16-084
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-01-28
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: AquaRug shower rugs
Description: The four suction cups on the underside of the rugs can fail to prevent slipping, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Hazard Description: The four suction cups on the underside of the rugs can fail to prevent slipping, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Replace
Units: About 1.4 million (in addition 70,000 rugs were sold in Canada)
Incidents: Tristar has received 60 reports of consumers falling in the shower or bathtub while on the recalled four suction cup rugs, including 30 reports of injuries such as bruises, cuts, and fractured or broken bones.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled shower rugs and contact Tristar for instructions on how to dispose of the rugs and to obtain a free replacement rug.
Sold At: Bed Bath & Beyond, Dollar General and other retail stores nationwide, online at Amazon.com and BuyAquaRug.com, by Tristar through direct response television commercials, and through a live television show on QVC, from July 2012 to September 2015 for between $18 and $28.
Importers: Tristar Products Inc., of Fairfield, N.J.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed