Category: Dangerous / Defective Equipment & Machinery

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently released two different recalls of children’s products. One recall involves dressers distributed by Target that are dangerous because they are prone to tipping over and entrapping children. The second recall includes strollers sold at Target and Walmart, which are dangerous due to a manufacturing defect that allows the[…]

According to a recent news release from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Home Depot has agreed to pay a $5.7 million civil penalty for distributing recalled products that posed various safety hazards to American consumers. Beginning in 2012 and continuing for the next four years, Home Depot sold dangerous, recalled items. Product recalls are[…]

Cranes are one of the largest pieces of equipment on a construction site and thus present a greater risk to construction workers, site visitors, and even passersby.  Recent crane accidents that caused fatal injuries have prompted the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to strengthen their regulations for cranes. Opposition from some inside the industry,[…]

Amusement Parks, carnivals and fairs are extremely popular with families; however, every so often a news story surfaces about large-scale injuries and fatalities that occur at these parks due to negligence. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, close to 31,000 people are rushed to emergency rooms because of amusement park, carnival or fair[…]

A three-year-old girl nearly suffered an amputation after she was pulled underneath her mother’s home treadmill. The child required skin grafts on her hand, arm and chest and is expected to spend the next two years wearing compression clothing to protect and treat her injuries. Serious injuries from home exercise equipment, including many injuries to[…]