Thursday, March 18, 2010: Graco and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a recall of 1.2 million high chairs today, after 464 separate complaints were filed against the Graco Harmony high hair. According to the CPSC, the complaints all concerned screws or plastic brackets on the high chair coming loose and falling out, causing the high chair to tip over. In total, 24 injuries have been reported so far, causing hairline fractures to the arm and bumps and bruises to the head. Wondering if your high chair is affected? Graco has identified the following models as having the safety problem (these models may begin with the letter A, B, C, or D): | 3920BAN 3920BAN2 3920BEB 3920BEBB 3920COV 3920DOH 3920GEI 3920GEIDSP 3920GRN 3920HMP 3920IVY 3920LAU 3920PKR 3930DDH 3930DHO 3935CAL 3935OXB 3935PKR 3935PKRDSP 3935SPM 3935SPMDSP 3935THR 3935THR2 3935THR3 | 3940BIA 3940BIADSP 3940CAP 3940COT 3940DRM 3940HML 3940MCH 3940NGS 3940SAV 3940SLT 3940SPT 3940STA 3940UNN 3951CLO 3951CLT 3951COT 3951ORC 3951WLO 3955WSR 3960BGN 3960CJG 3960CNP 3960GGG 3980CNR | 3E00ABB 3E00BAT 3E00DCF 3E00DCFDSP 3E00DGP 3E00DGPDSP 3E00GPK 3E01BDS 3E01BDSCA 3E01BDSCA 3E01DNY 3E01DNY1 3E01ELP 3E01ELPDSP 1752404 1755859 1755860 1757259 1757412 1760429 | All affected models were manufactured between November 2003 and December 2009 and sold at the following retail stores between December 2003 and March 2010: AAFES, Burlington Coat Factory, Babies “R” Us, Toys “R” Us, Sears, Target, Target.com, Walmart, WalMart.com, Shopko, and USA Baby. So what can you do now? If you own a Graco Harmony, stop using it immediately and head to Graco now to order a free repair kit.
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