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CPSC, Window Covering Industry Announce Recall to Repair Window Blinds is CPSC recall #01023, announced on November 1, 2000. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The recall involves millions of window blinds with pull cords and inner cords that can form a loop and cause strangulation. In 1995, CPSC worked with the window covering industry to redesign new window blinds to eliminate the outer loop on the end of pull cords and provide free repair kits so consumers could fix their existing blinds. CPSC issued a safety alert about this hazard and what consumers can do about it, including a detailed description of the free repair kits. Window blinds sold since 1995 no longer have pull cords ending in loops. As a result of the new CPSC investigation, the industry has further redesigned window blinds. Newly manufactured blinds have attachments on the pull cords so that the inner cords can't form a loop if pulled by a young child. The remedy is consumers who have window blinds with cords in their homes should call the window covering safety council to receive a free repair kit for each set of blinds in the home. the repair kit will include small plastic attachments to prevent the inner cords from being pulled loose. the kit also includes safety tassels for pre-1995 window blinds with outer pull cords ending in loops. consumers should cut the loops and install a safety tassel at the end of each pull cord. consumers who have vertical blinds, draperies or pleated shades with continuous loop cords should request special tie-downs to prevent strangulation in those window coverings. parents should keep window covering cords and chains permanently out of the reach of children. never place a child's crib within reach of a window blind. unless the cords can be completely removed from the child's reach, including when the child climbs on furniture, cpsc recommends that parents never knot or tie the cords together because this creates a new loop in which a child could become entangled.. Affected brands: Window Covering Safety Council, About 85 million window blinds are sold each year..
The recall involves millions of window blinds with pull cords and inner cords that can form a loop and cause strangulation. In 1995, CPSC worked with the window covering industry to redesign new window blinds to eliminate the outer loop on the end of pull cords and provide free repair kits so consumers could fix their existing blinds. CPSC issued a safety alert about this hazard and what consumers can do about it, including a detailed description of the free repair kits. Window blinds sold since 1995 no longer have pull cords ending in loops. As a result of the new CPSC investigation, the industry has further redesigned window blinds. Newly manufactured blinds have attachments on the pull cords so that the inner cords can't form a loop if pulled by a young child.
Affected products
Window blinds with pull cords and inner cords
Recalled brands
Window Covering Safety Council, About 85 million window blinds are sold each year.
Remedy
Consumers who have window blinds with cords in their homes should call the Window Covering Safety Council to receive a free repair kit for each set of blinds in the home. The repair kit will include small plastic attachments to prevent the inner cords from being pulled loose. The kit also includes safety tassels for pre-1995 window blinds with outer pull cords ending in loops. Consumers should cut the loops and install a safety tassel at the end of each pull cord. Consumers who have vertical blinds, draperies or pleated shades with continuous loop cords should request special tie-downs to prevent strangulation in those window coverings. Parents should keep window covering cords and chains permanently out of the reach of children. Never place a child's crib within reach of a window blind. Unless the cords can be completely removed from the child's reach, including when the child climbs on furniture, CPSC recommends that parents never knot or tie the cords together because this creates a new loop in which a child could become entangled.
Recall date
November 1, 2000
CPSC recall #01023 covers CPSC, Window Covering Industry Announce Recall to Repair Window Blinds, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on November 1, 2000. The CPSC cites the following hazard: The recall involves millions of window blinds with pull cords and inner cords that can form a loop and cause strangulation. In 1995, CPSC worked with the window covering industry to redesign new window blinds to eliminate the outer loop on the end of pull cords and provide free repair kits so consumers could fix their existing blinds. CPSC issued a safety alert about this hazard and what consumers can do about it, including a detailed description of the free repair kits. Window blinds sold since 1995 no longer have pull cords ending in loops. As a result of the new CPSC investigation, the industry has further redesigned window blinds. Newly manufactured blinds have attachments on the pull cords so that the inner cords can't form a loop if pulled by a young child.
The CPSC remedy for recall #01023 is consumers who have window blinds with cords in their homes should call the window covering safety council to receive a free repair kit for each set of blinds in the home. the repair kit will include small plastic attachments to prevent the inner cords from being pulled loose. the kit also includes safety tassels for pre-1995 window blinds with outer pull cords ending in loops. consumers should cut the loops and install a safety tassel at the end of each pull cord. consumers who have vertical blinds, draperies or pleated shades with continuous loop cords should request special tie-downs to prevent strangulation in those window coverings. parents should keep window covering cords and chains permanently out of the reach of children. never place a child's crib within reach of a window blind. unless the cords can be completely removed from the child's reach, including when the child climbs on furniture, cpsc recommends that parents never knot or tie the cords together because this creates a new loop in which a child could become entangled.. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions in the official CPSC notice.
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The primary source is the official CPSC notice at https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2001/CPSC-Window-Covering-Industry-Announce-Recall-to-Repair-Window-Blinds-. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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