CPSCGeneral Alert
Stage and Riser Caddies Recalled by Midwest Folding Products Due to Risk of Inju...
Published: August 1, 2012Recall ID: 12239Category: generalCountry: US
Reason for Recall / Hazard
The caddy's latches do not automatically close to secure the stages and risers when stored. Unsecured stages and risers can fall off the caddies and onto consumers.
Product Description & Identification
This recall involves Midwest Folding Products' caddies used to store collapsible stages and risers when they are not being used. The caddies are brown, gray or black metal and measure 44 inches long by 30 inches wide by 60 inches high. They hold six 96-inch long or eight 48 to 72-inch long stage or riser platforms. Yellow caution and instruction labels are located on the caddy's frame.
Affected Products
Stage and riser caddies
Additional Source Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2012/Stage-and-Riser-Caddies-Recalled-by-Midwest-Folding-Products-Due-to-Risk-of-Injury-or-Death-Child-died-when-stage-stored-on-caddy-fell-on-her |
| Title | Stage and Riser Caddies Recalled by Midwest Folding Products Due to Risk of Injury or Death Child died when stage stored on caddy fell on her |
| Images › 1 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Midwest%20Folding%20Products%20Caddy.jpeg |
| Images › 1 › Caption | Midwest Folding Products Caddy |
| Images › 2 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/Caution%20and%20instruction%20labels%20on%20the%20recalled caddies.jpeg |
| Images › 2 › Caption | Caution and instruction labels on the recalled caddies |
| Images › 3 › U R L | https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/The%20new%20brackets%20and%20new%20warning%20and%20instruction%20labels.jpeg |
| Images › 3 › Caption | The new brackets and new warning and instruction labels |
| Hazards › Name | The caddy's latches do not automatically close to secure the stages and risers when stored. Unsecured stages and risers can fall off the caddies and onto consumers. |
| Injuries › Name | A 3-year-old girl died in May 2011 in Greenville, S.C., from severe head trauma when a portion of a portable stage fell out of the caddy and onto her at a church. |
| Products › Name | Stage and riser caddies |
| Products › Type | Dollies or Handtrucks or Luggage Carriers |
| Products › Category I D | 68048 |
| Products › Number Of Units | About 5,300 |
| Recall I D | 1104 |
| Remedies › Name | Caddy owners and consumers should immediately stop using the recalled stage and riser caddies. Caddy owners should contact Midwest Folding Products to receive a free repair kit with new brackets that will allow latches to automatically return to the closed position on the caddies and new white warning and instruction labels. |
| Retailers › Name | Sold by Midwest Folding Products' dealers to churches, schools, performing arts centers and various other organizations nationwide and online at www.midwestfolding.com from January 1989 through March 2012 for about $1,200. |
| Recall Date | 2012-08-01T00:00:00 |
| Description | This recall involves Midwest Folding Products' caddies used to store collapsible stages and risers when they are not being used. The caddies are brown, gray or black metal and measure 44 inches long by 30 inches wide by 60 inches high. They hold six 96-inch long or eight 48 to 72-inch long stage or riser platforms. Yellow caution and instruction labels are located on the caddy's frame. |
| Recall Number | 12239 |
| Manufacturers › Name | Midwest Folding Products, of Chicago, Ill. |
| Consumer Contact | For more information, contact Midwest Folding Products at (800) 621-4716 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT, or visit the firm's website at www.midwestfolding.com |
| Last Publish Date | 2015-02-03T00:00:00 |