Pool Drains: Commissioners are slated to vote by March 22 on a CPSC staff recommendation to deny a petition (PSL, 8/3/15) to declare vacuum diffusion technology an anti-entrapment device under the VGB pool law. Staff evaluation ( 1.usa.gov/256jNPY) deemed it to insufficiently mitigate against body entrapment, mechanical entrapment, and evisceration but might aid against hair and limb entrapment.
Engine-Driven Tools: Background memos on CPSC's most-recent report on deaths associated with carbon monoxide (PSL, 10/19/15), with details of many, are at 1.usa.gov/1MazQpq.
Fire Education: The U.S. Fire Administration March 23 will hold a webinar on hard-to-reach audiences. Learn more at bit.ly/1Xxw0HD.
Indoor Air: The California Air Resources Board March 24 will webcast a seminar on reducing in-home exposure to air pollution. See bit.ly/21wNFjJ.
Bicycles: There were 726 U.S. traffic deaths in 2014, a slight decline from 749 a year before, according to data made available in March by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Injuries estimates increased slightly from about 48,000 to some 50,000. Pedestrian deaths rose 4,779 to 4,884, and injuries dipped 66,000 to 65,000. Find the report 1.usa.gov/1R0S6AH.
Hoverboards: A general exclusion order in the March 16 Federal Register by the International Trade Commission affects the products, barring entry of items linked to an investigation of violations of Segway patents.
CPSC-Administered Recalls |
Product | Date1 | Company | Units2 | Sold | Price | Hazard | Incidents Reported | Remedy |
Bicycle Quick Releases: Zipp on various DB, Firecrest, Firestrike, NSW (alone or wheel sets) | 3/16/16 | SRAM | 6,400 | Mar 2015-Oct 2015 | $47-$84 or $1K-$3.6K | Fail to engage | Three | Replacements |
Bicycle Wheel Hub: ZIPP 88v6, 88v7 and 88v8 (alone or in various sets) | 3/16/16 | SRAM | 54,000 (C: 2,900) | May 2010-Jan 2015 | $215 or $1K-$3K | Flanges fail | One | Replacements |
Chairs: Doyle arm and side chairs | 3/11/16 | Room & Board | 1,500 | May 2015-Dec 2015 | $350-$420 | Backrests break | 10 with one scratch injury | Replacements or refunds |
Gas Fittings: FLEX-ING and FLEX-On station hose and swivel fitting sets | 3/15/16 | Franklin Fueling Systems | 9,000 | Apr 2015-Oct 2015 | $18-$40 | Swivel fitting separates from hose | Three | Replacements or refunds |
LED Lamps: ED37/EX39 base, PC:21259 | 3/16/16 | GE Lighting | 35,000 (M: 500) | Sep 2015-Dec 2015 | $250-$300 | Separate from bases | Four | Repair kits and instructions |
Pool Covers: Anchor 5-Star, Anchor Mesh, Classic Solid and Defender Mesh | 3/10/16 | Anchor Industries | 350 | Dep 2014-Nov 2014 | $3,000 | Snap hooks break | 20 | Replacement snap hooks |
1 Dates in parentheses are original dates for reannouncements. 2Numbers in parentheses are units in joint recalls with Health Canada (C) and/or Mexico’s Profeco (M). (U)=unspecified CPSC Calendar * | When | CPSCers | With | Topic | Where | To Learn More | Mar 22 All day | Ron Jordan | ANSI/CSA | Gas appliance CO sensors | Cleveland, Ohio | Jordan, rjordan@cpsc.gov | Mar 22 (closed) | Robert Adler | Hofstra University | Future of business education | New York, N.Y. | Ophelia McCardell, omccardell@cpsc.gov | Mar 22 10:00a | Patricia Adkins, Alice Thaler and others | Recycled rubber industry representatives | CPSC role in crumb rubber research | Rockville, Md. | Thaler, athaler@cpsc.gov | Mar 23 11:00a | Shaina Donahue | ASTM F15.18 | Changing tables | Teleconference | Donohue sdonohue@cpsc.gov | Mar 24 4:00p | Tim Smith and others | ASTM F15.19 | Infant bedding | Teleconference | Smith tsmith@cpsc.gov | * (w) = webcast will be available on CPSC website; underscored names are commissioners; times are local; teleconferences are EST/EDT. |
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