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Adventure Playsets Recalls Backyard Swing Sets
Adventure Playsets, of Amarillo, TX, is recalling about about 275,000 Wooden Play Sets in the United States and 6,800 in Canada, because the plastic coated lumber on the horizontal ladder (monkey bar/swing beam) can weaken over time due to rotting of the whitewood (spruce, pine and fir species), resulting in a fall hazard.
Adventure Playsets has received more than 1,400 reports of rotting ladders involving 16 injuries that resulted in 9 emergency room visits. The injuries include 2 arm fractures, lacerations, scrapes, and bruises to children younger than 8 years old. Most of the reported injuries occurred when the swing came out of the monkey bar/ swing beam that had rotted.
This recall involves wooden play sets with swings, slides and ladders. Each set has an overhead monkey bar ladder that acts as both the monkey bar and swing beam, and an end ladder coated with cranberry or green plastic. The models being recalled are:
Durango 1-AP016 and 1- AP018
Yukon 1-AP052
Tacoma 1- AP017 and 1-AP051
El Dorado 1-AP016
Bellevue 1-AP048, and 1-AP012
Dakota 1- AP046
Sherwood 1-AP049
Sedona 1- AP002
Ventura 1-AP008
Madison 1- AP006 and 1-AP015
Belmont 1-AP003
The Bellevue,Tacoma and Durango swing sets were previously recalled due to detaching frames and a fall hazard.
The playsets were sold at Walmart, Toys R Us, Academy Sports, Menards, and Mill stores nationwide, and online at Walmart.com, ToyRUs.com, Willygoat.com and through the DMSI catalog from January 2004 through December 2007 for between $300 and $600.
Published on Nov-6-09
Adventure Playsets has received more than 1,400 reports of rotting ladders involving 16 injuries that resulted in 9 emergency room visits. The injuries include 2 arm fractures, lacerations, scrapes, and bruises to children younger than 8 years old. Most of the reported injuries occurred when the swing came out of the monkey bar/ swing beam that had rotted.
This recall involves wooden play sets with swings, slides and ladders. Each set has an overhead monkey bar ladder that acts as both the monkey bar and swing beam, and an end ladder coated with cranberry or green plastic. The models being recalled are:
Durango 1-AP016 and 1- AP018
Yukon 1-AP052
Tacoma 1- AP017 and 1-AP051
El Dorado 1-AP016
Bellevue 1-AP048, and 1-AP012
Dakota 1- AP046
Sherwood 1-AP049
Sedona 1- AP002
Ventura 1-AP008
Madison 1- AP006 and 1-AP015
Belmont 1-AP003
The Bellevue,Tacoma and Durango swing sets were previously recalled due to detaching frames and a fall hazard.
The playsets were sold at Walmart, Toys R Us, Academy Sports, Menards, and Mill stores nationwide, and online at Walmart.com, ToyRUs.com, Willygoat.com and through the DMSI catalog from January 2004 through December 2007 for between $300 and $600.
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