Product Recall Number: 18-059
Why was Glass pumpkins with wooden stems recalled?
The wooden stem on the top of the decorative pumpkin can detach when picked up, causing the glass pumpkin base to fall and break, posing a laceration hazard.
Product Recall Number: 18-059
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2017-12-14
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Glass pumpkins with wooden stems
Description:
Hazard Description: The wooden stem on the top of the decorative pumpkin can detach when picked up, causing the glass pumpkin base to fall and break, posing a laceration hazard.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Dispose
Units: About 16,600 units in the U.S. (In addition, about 430 units were sold in Canada.)
Incidents: Pier 1 Imports has received seven reports of the wooden stems detaching from the glass pumpkin base when picked up by the stem, causing the glass pumpkin base to fall and break, resulting in lacerations, including one incident which required stitches.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled decorative pumpkins.
Sold At: Pier 1 Imports stores nationwide and online at www.Pier1.com from June 2017 through November 2017 for about $25 for the small glass pumpkin and about $30 for the medium glass pumpkin.
Importers: Pier 1 Imports of Fort Worth, Texas
Manufacturers: Transparent Overseas, of India
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: India
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed