CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT

Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.
Official Consumer Product Safety Recall • February 16, 2005

CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks

The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.

Required Consumer Action

Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.

Contact Information

Contact Dollar General at (800) 678-9258 between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit their Web site at www.dollargeneral.com

Recall Details

Sold At
Dollar General stores nationwide from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.
Injuries
None reported.
Recall Number
05112

Product Information

Product Name
Dive Sticks
Product Type
Swimming Pool Items
Number of Units
About 180,000 dive stick packages
Distributed By
The Dollar General Corp., of Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Manufactured In
China

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Full Contact Information

Contact Dollar General at (800) 678-9258 between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit their Web site at www.dollargeneral.com