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Product Recall Number: 96-073

Why was Big Wooden Trucks recalled?

The toy trucks' driver, wheel, and axle pieces pose a potential choking hazard to young children.

Big Wooden Trucks
Here's product recall specific data for Big Wooden Trucks.

  • Product Recall Number: 96-073

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 1996-02-21

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Big Wooden Trucks

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - CPSC, Everything's A Dollar, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisc. doing business as "Everything's $1.00", is voluntarily recalling 9,382 Big Wooden Trucks. The toy trucks' driver, wheel, and axle pieces pose a potential choking hazard to young children. The trucks were sold in three styles: one with multi-colored abacus beads, one with six multi-color discs, and one with five lettered and numbered discs. The wooden trucks each measure 5.5 inches long with red wheels and headlights, and a "driver" with a yellow hat, white face and red body. Each toy is labeled, "LIDCO, North York, Ontario Canada... SKU 58188... UPC number 0 59584 05230 1." More than 200 "Everything's $1.00" retail stores nationwide sold the trucks for $1each. Consumers should take the trucks away from children under three years of age immediately. The firm is out of business. Consumers should discard or destroy these products. CPSC and Everything's A Dollar, Inc. are not aware of any injuries involving these products. This voluntary recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury. The potentially hazardous toys were identified during the State of Kentucky Product Safety Branch's examination of the "Everything's $1.00" retail store in Florence, Ky.

  • Hazard Description: The toy trucks' driver, wheel, and axle pieces pose a potential choking hazard to young children.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Dispose

  • Units: 9382

  • Incidents: CPSC and Everything's A Dollar, Inc. are not aware of any injuries involving these products. This voluntary recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injury.

  • Remedy: Consumers should take the trucks away from children under three years of age immediately. The firm is out of business. Consumers should discard or destroy these products.

  • Sold At: Everything's A Dollar, Inc.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: None Listed

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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