Reports of Injury Prompt Frontgate Closet Ladder Recall

Washington, DC: Dillon Davis, of South San Francisco, CA, is recalling about 38,000 Frontgate Closet Ladders because the ladders can unexpectedly break, posing a fall hazard to consumers.

So far, the retailer, Cinmar LLC, has received about 860 reports of the ladders breaking, including 28 reports of injuries such as bruises and lacerations to the knees, shins, ankles and feet.

This recall involves Frontgate foldaway closet two- and three-step ladders. The ladders are made of mahogany wood and designed for use in walk-in closets. Catalog item numbers included in the recall are 11998 for the two-step and 11675, 11975, 30269, 37935 and 40645 for the three-step ladder.

The ladders were sold at Frontgate stores in Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio, in Frontgate and Sky Mall catalogs nationwide and on the Internet at Frontgate.com and Skymall.com from December 2005 through July 2010 for about between $90 and $150.

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Published on Jan-21-11