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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Little Tikes ™ Workshops Sets and Trucks
Units: About 1.6 million
Manufacturer: Little Tikes, of Hudson, Ohio
Hazard: The recalled workshop sets and trucks have oversized, plastic toy nails that can pose a choking hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one report of an 11-month old boy from Goose Creek, S.C. who choked when the toy nail become forcefully lodged in his throat. The child was hospitalized and made a full recovery.
Description: The oversized, plastic toy nail is about 3 ¼ inches long by 1 ¼ inch in diameter and comes in red or blue colors. It has a large round head; about 1 ¼ inches below the head is a plastic ridge, slightly smaller than the nail head and about 1 inch in diameter. They were sold with a variety of Little Tikes Children’s products. The names, model numbers and UPC code of the products included in this recall are listed below.

To request a new set of replacement nails that meets the CPSC safety standards, Click here. Available to consumers who have purchased the recalled toys.

Sold By: Various web sites such as www.littletikes.com and mass merchandise retailers nationwide, including Toys “R” Us, from March 1994 through June 2009 for between $25 and $100.
Manufactured in: United States and China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the toy nails away from young children and contact the firm for instructions on obtaining a free replacement toy nail.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Little Tikes at (800) 791-2737 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET Saturday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.littletikes.com.

CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by clicking here.

To request a new set of replacement nails that meets the CPSC safety standards, Click here. Available to consumers who have purchased the recalled toys.