Status: Recall found CPSC
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Hazard (from the official notice)
The top removable step (hat) on the recalled children's toilet step stools can detach while a child is standing on it, posing injury and fall hazards.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately stop using the children's toilet step stools until they remove the hat.
Hazard (from the official notice)
The top removable step (hat) on the recalled children's toilet step stools can detach while a child is standing on it, posing injury and fall hazards.
Remedy (from the official notice)
Consumers should immediately stop using the children's toilet step stools until they remove the hat. Consumers should contact Squatty Potty for instructions on returning the hat portion of the stool, free of cost, for a $10 refund.
Description (from the official notice)
This recall involves the SquattyPottymus children's toilet step stools used to assist a child in reaching a toilet seat. The plastic step stools measure about 15.8 by 16.8 by 10 inches and were sold individually or as a part of a set, which included a toilet seat and decorative stickers. The step stool is designed to look like a gray hippopotamus with blue or purple eyes. It has a height-adjusting aqua blue hat top step and cut-outs that function as handles on each side.
Remedy options (from the official notice)
Refund
Incidents and injuries (from the official notice)
Squatty Potty has received two reports of children falling from the toilet step stool, resulting in one child hitting her chin on the toilet and biting the inside of her mouth causing her to bleed. Another child fell and hit his head on a wall.
Where it was sold (from the official notice)
Online at squattypotty.com and Amazon.com from September 2017 through November 2017 for about $50
Consumer contact (from the official notice)
Squatty Potty toll-free at 855-628-1099 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday, email at recall@squattypotty.com or online at www.squattypotty.com and hover over the “More” tab and then click “Press” for more information.
- Product: Children's toilet step stools
- Brand: Manu Changzhou Future International Business Mafacturer, from China
- Importer: Squatty Potty, LLC, of St. George, Utah
- Distributor: Squatty Potty, LLC, of St. George, Utah.; Amazon, of Seattle, Wash
- Units (from the official notice): About 2,400
- Manufacturer country (from the official notice): China
- Recall date: Dec 19, 2017
- Recall number: 18-066
Hazard and remedy text is shown word for word from the official notice.
