Leading repeat recall hazards of children's products in the U.S. 2013

The statistic depicts the leading repeat recall hazards of children's products in the U.S. from 2008 to 2013, by number of units recalled. Between that period, four recalls of children's products were due to drowning hazards.

Leading repeat recall hazards of children's products in the United States from 2008 to 2013, by number of units recalled

Characteristic	Number of units recalled
Choking/Strangulation/Entrapment/Suffocation/Entanglement	53
Fall/Laceration/Bodily Injury/Crash	37
Flammability Standard/Burn/Electrical Shock	15
Ingestion/Poisoning/Lead	13
Drowning	4
Mold	1

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Release date

February 2014

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2008 to 2013

Supplementary notes

* A children's product is defined as any product designed or intended for the care of or use by children. Products that pose potential dangers to children but that are not intended for their use, such as cigarette lighters with faulty child resistance locks and window blinds, are not counted as children's products.

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