Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers

Recall at a glance

What was recalled

The Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.

Is my product affected?

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• Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ · About 255,000 units

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Where it was sold

Companies named in the notice: Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.; Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I..

Injuries or incidents reported

Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.

Consumer contact

For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.com

Recall history and context

Playskool appears in 12 CPSC recalls on record. See all Playskool recalls.

Since 2019 CPSC has recorded 238 recalls in the baby and nursery category, 59 recalls of them in the past 12 months.

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