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Product Recall Number: 96-075

Why was Swim N' Play Pool Ledge Cover recalled?

Triangular-shaped, plastic caps on the ledge covers, used at the joints of the pool's outer edges, do not properly cover the sharp edges of the pool's sheet metal ledge. Swimmers can cut themselves on the exposed sharp edges in the pool.

Swim N' Play Pool Ledge Cover
Here's product recall specific data for Swim N' Play Pool Ledge Cover.

  • Product Recall Number: 96-075

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 1996-03-10

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Swim N' Play Pool Ledge Cover

  • Description: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Swim n' Play of Rahway, N.J., is recalling 4-inch frame ledge covers installed on about 1,465 above ground pools. Triangular-shaped, plastic caps on the ledge covers, used at the joints of the pool's outer edges, do not properly cover the sharp edges of the pool's sheet metal ledge. Swimmers can cut themselves on the exposed sharp edges in the pool. Swim n' Play is aware of one case in which a young girl cut the bridge of her nose and her eye lid from contact with the sharp edges on the pool's ledge. Swim n' Play sold the covers from 1980 to 1994 for its Windsor, Charter Oak, Holiday Isle, New Yorker, Wedgewood, Silverwood, Triumph and Monaco models. The pools were sold in the northeastern United States at A-1 Pools, Harrows, Norberts Pools, Este and M&M Distributors. Pool owners should call Swim n' Play at (800) 631-3483 for free replacement ledge covers.

  • Hazard Description: Triangular-shaped, plastic caps on the ledge covers, used at the joints of the pool's outer edges, do not properly cover the sharp edges of the pool's sheet metal ledge. Swimmers can cut themselves on the exposed sharp edges in the pool.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: 1465

  • Incidents: Swim n' Play is aware of one case in which a young girl cut the bridge of her nose and her eye lid from contact with the sharp edges on the pool's ledge.

  • Remedy: Pool owners should call Swim n' Play at (800) 631-3483 for free replacement ledge covers.

  • Sold At: The pools were sold in the northeastern United States at A-1 Pools, Harrows, Norberts Pools, Este and M&M Distributors.

  • 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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