CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT

The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children's throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
Official Consumer Product Safety Recall • September 22, 2006

Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers

The Team Talkin' Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.

Required Consumer Action

Consumers should immediately take the two toy nails away from children and contact Playskool to get information on returning the nails for a $50 certificate for a Playskool (or its related companies') product.

Contact Information

For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.com

Recall Details

Sold At
Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.
Injuries
Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.
Recall Number
06266

Product Information

Product Name
Team Talkin' Tool Bench™
Product Type
Toy Play Sets/Activity Sets
Number of Units
About 255,000
Distributed By
Playskool, of Pawtucket, R.I.

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Contact Manufacturer

Use the contact information below to reach out about this recall:

Phone (800) 509-9554
Website www.playskool.com
Full Contact Information

For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.com