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CPSC, thyssenkrupp Access Corp. Settle Lawsuit: Firm to Conduct Recall to Inspect Home Elevators Due to Entrapment Hazard Posing Risk of Serious Injury or Death to Children; One Child Death Reported is CPSC recall #22221, announced on September 14, 2022. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves home or residential elevators under a variety of TKA-owned model names, including Chaparral, Destiny, LEV, LEV II, LEV II Builder, Rise, Volant, Windsor, Independence, and Flexi-Lift that TKA manufactured and sold to dealers for installation in homes between approximately 1996 and 2012. The remedy is homeowners should immediately contact tka for a free inspection and free installation of the free space guard(s). alternatively, tka will provide inspection and installation instructions directly to homeowners who do not wish to have an installer come into their home.. Affected brands: ThyssenKrupp Access Manufacturing, LLC, thyssenkrupp Access Corp., Access Industries, National Wheel-O-Vator.
This recall involves home or residential elevators under a variety of TKA-owned model names, including Chaparral, Destiny, LEV, LEV II, LEV II Builder, Rise, Volant, Windsor, Independence, and Flexi-Lift that TKA manufactured and sold to dealers for installation in homes between approximately 1996 and 2012.
Affected products
thyssenkrupp Access Corp. Residential Elevators
Recalled brands
ThyssenKrupp Access Manufacturing, LLC, thyssenkrupp Access Corp., Access Industries, National Wheel-O-Vator
Remedy
Homeowners should immediately contact TKA for a free inspection and free installation of the free space guard(s). Alternatively, TKA will provide inspection and installation instructions directly to homeowners who do not wish to have an installer come into their home.
Recall date
September 14, 2022
CPSC recall #22221 covers CPSC, thyssenkrupp Access Corp. Settle Lawsuit: Firm to Conduct Recall to Inspect Home Elevators Due to Entrapment Hazard Posing Risk of Serious Injury or Death to Children; One Child Death Reported, announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on September 14, 2022. The CPSC cites the following hazard: This recall involves home or residential elevators under a variety of TKA-owned model names, including Chaparral, Destiny, LEV, LEV II, LEV II Builder, Rise, Volant, Windsor, Independence, and Flexi-Lift that TKA manufactured and sold to dealers for installation in homes between approximately 1996 and 2012.
The CPSC remedy for recall #22221 is homeowners should immediately contact tka for a free inspection and free installation of the free space guard(s). alternatively, tka will provide inspection and installation instructions directly to homeowners who do not wish to have an installer come into their home.. 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/2022/CPSC-thyssenkrupp-Access-Corp-Settle-Lawsuit-Firm-to-Conduct-Recall-to-Inspect-Home-Elevators-Due-to-Entrapment-Hazard-Posing-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-to-Children-One-Child-Death-Reported. RecallDocket links to it from this page.
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