Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) News

CPSC Warns Consumers: Stop Using the Leachco Podster, Podster Plush, Bummzie and Podster Playtime Infant Loungers Due to Suffocation Hazard; Two Infant Deaths Investigated

CPSC Urgent Warning: Stop Using Waupaca Residential Elevators Due to Fatal Entrapment and Serious Fall Hazards

CPSC Announces Additional Steps Towards Eliminating Child Entrapment Hazard in Residential Elevators; Three Recalls and One Warning Issued; Consumers Warned to Check Residential Elevators, including at Rental Homes

Consumers Should Spring into Safety with the “New Normal”

CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Use of Three Models of Adult Portable Bed Rails Manufactured by Bed Handles, Inc., Due to Entrapment, Asphyxia Hazard

CPSC and Peloton Announce: Recall of Tread+ Treadmills After One Child Death and 70 Incidents; Recall of Tread Treadmills Due to Risk of Injury

CPSC Awards More than $860,000 in Pool Safely Grants to Five State and Local Governments to Combat Pool and Spa Drownings and Drain Entrapments

Be Ready When Storms Hit – Protect Your Family This Hurricane Season with CPSC’s Life-Saving Tips: African Americans at Higher Risk of Dying of CO Poisoning from Portable Generators

New CDC Report Finds More Adults Are Dying from Bicycle-Related Accidents; CPSC Says it Highlights the Importance of Helmets

CPSC and EGL Motor Warn Consumers to Stop Using ACE Youth ATVs Due to Crash Hazard and Violation of Federal Mandatory Safety Standard

Gear Up, Limit Riders and Keep ATVs and ROVs Off Roads

CPSC Approves Major New Federal Safety Standard for Infant Sleep Products

CPSC Report Shows Child Drownings Remain High; Most Fatalities to Children Under Five

CPSC Urges Consumers to Schedule a Safety Check-Up on Products in Their Homes

Vacation Rental Homes Can Pose a Deadly Hazard - Kids Can Be Crushed to Death in Dangerous Home Elevator Gaps

New Federal Safety Standard for Upholstered Furniture Fires Goes into Effect

Fireworks-Related Injuries and Deaths Spiked During the COVID-19 Pandemic

CPSC Announces $2 Million in Pool Safely Grants Available for State and Local Governments to Help Prevent Drownings and Drain Entrapments; Application Date Extended to August 16, 2021-Apply Now

CPSC Sues thyssenkrupp Access Corp. Over Deadly Gap Hazard in Residential Elevators; Action Prompted by Three Incidents: One Child Died, Another Permanently Disabled, and a Third Hospitalized After Becoming Entrapped

As Family Vacations Resume, CPSC Warns of Safety Hazards in Vacation Rental Homes