For Immediate Release                  Contact: Nychelle Fleming
January 12, 1998                       (301) 504-0580 Ext. 1192
Release # 98-055
CPSC, Step 2 Announce Recall of Toy Chests for In-Home Repair
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission (CPSC), Step 2 Company of Streetsboro, Ohio, is
recalling about 350,000 Big Storage Chests for in-home repair of
their lids.  The lids of the toy chests can fall down onto a young
child's head or neck, which could result in the child being
entrapped and possibly strangled.
CPSC and Step 2 are aware of 16 incidents where the lid fell onto a
child's head or neck causing some minor injuries, such as scratches
and bruised necks.
The Step 2 Big Storage ChestsTM are made of white plastic with a
blue lid and have red handles at the top ends. The chests measure
19 inches wide by 33 inches long by 23 inches high. The Step 2
logo is imprinted on the front of the chests just below the lid.
The chests have model numbers 7511 or 7211, which are located on
the packaging box.
Toys R Us, Kmart and other retailers nationwide sold the toy chests
from February 1992 to November 1997 for about $40.
Consumers should immediately stop young children from using these
toy chests, and call Step 2 for a free lid support kit. The repair
kit will stop the lid from closing all the way until closed by an
adult. To order the kit or get more information, call Step 2 at
(800) 347-8372 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST Monday through Friday.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public
from unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types
of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report
a dangerous product or a product-related injury and for information
on CPSC's fax-on-demand service, call CPSC's hotline at
(800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To order
a press release through fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the
handset of your fax machine and enter the release number. Consumers
can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's web site
at http://www.cpsc.gov or via Internet gopher services at
gopher.cpsc.gov. Consumers can report product hazards to
info@cpsc.gov. To establish a link from your web site to this press
release on CPSC's web site, create a link to the following address:
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml98/98055.html.
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