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CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks

U.S. CPSCFallsFeb 16, 2005
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks
Recalled Dive Sticks

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

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.

Remedy

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

Incidents & injuries

None reported.

Product description

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.

Sold on

Dollar General stores nationwide from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.

Contact the company

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

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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