Video Clip - Fisher-Price Learning Chair Recall

Video Clip - Fisher-Price® Laugh & Learn™ Musical Learning Chair™ Recall

Press Release # 06-068

Transcript

TEXT: This feed is sponsored by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. It is provided for your free and unrestricted use. For more information about the recall, contact CPSC at (301) 504-0580.
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(View of young child playing with the toy, he is speaking with the person behind the camera and laughing as he does so)

TEXT: Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling about 614,000 infant musical toy chairs. A child can become lodged between the seatback and side table of the chair, possibly leading to an entrapment of the neck. This can pose a strangulation hazard to young children.

TEXT: Fisher-Price has received three reports of young children getting their necks lodged between the seatback and the side table of the toy, including one report of a child receiving a welt on the neck.

TEXT: SOUNDBITES – Julie Vallese, Director of Public Affairs, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Julie Vallese: "A child’s neck can become lodged between the chair’s seatback and the side table, which could strangle the child."

Julie Vallese: "There is a simple fix for this toy. The company will send you a barrier that fits between the seatback and table, and prevent the hazard."

Julie Vallese: "There are three reported incidents in which kids have gotten their necks caught in this toy. There haven’t been any serious injuries. We want to make sure there are none. If you have one of these chairs, contact Fisher-Price now and get it fixed."

TEXT: The Laugh & Learn Musical Learning Chair is a plastic infant toy that measures about 17 inches high. It plays music and teaches children numbers and letters.

TEXT: These toys were sold by discount department and toy stores nationwide from May 2005 through January 2006 for about $27.

(View of Laugh & Learn Musical Learning Chair followed by close up view of the area in which a child's head could become stuck. View of young child playing with the toy and talking to the person behind the camera and laughing while he does. Noises can be heard coming from the toy)

TEXT: Consumers should take the recalled musical chair away from children immediately and contact Fisher-Price to receive a free repair kit.
The model numbers are H4609, H7167 through H7173, H8157, H8998, and J0272 through J0275 can be found on the underside of the seat of the chair.

TEXT: Contact Fisher-Price at (866) 552-3914 anytime or visit the firm's Web site at www.service.fisher-price.com.

(View of woman walking up to the toy and picking it up. She places it on a table to examine the bottom of the toy in order to locate the model number for her product. She then picks up the phone and calls the company, telling them that she has the recalled chair)

(View of the woman installing the repair kit from Fisher-Price to make the toy more safe)

(Close-up view of the repaired chair)

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