Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Another popular brand of strollers are being recalled by the manufacturer due to the risk of children’s fingertips being amputated or lacerated, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Graco Children’s Products Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., is recalling about 1.5 million strollers because the stroller’s canopy hinge mechanism can amputate or lacerate children’s fingertips while the canopy is being opened or closed. To date, Graco has received reports of five fingertip amputations and two fingertip lacerations. The recall involves Graco Passage, Alano, and Spree strollers and travel systems. For a list of Model numbers affected by the recall, visit Beasley Allen Recalls.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Maclaren USA of South Norwalk, Conn., announced a voluntary recall of about one million Maclaren Strollers because the stroller’s hinge mechanism poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller. To date, the firm has received 15 reports of children placing their finger in the stroller’s hinge mechanism, resulting in 12 reports of fingertip amputations in the United States.

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