Soft Play Recalls Spider Climb Playground Climbers Due to Fall Hazard (Recall Alert)
What's being recalled
Spider Climb playground climbers
Units: About 200
This recall involved Spider Climb enclosed vertical rope and plastic platform playground climbers installed in approximately 200 McDonald's Restaurant Play Places. The climbers are designed with plastic platforms, ropes, cables and chains for children to scale inside a multi-level enclosed tower assembly.
The problem, in CPSC's words
The climbing level platforms were designed too far apart, posing a fall hazard to children who can fall climbing from one level to the next.
Incidents and injuries reported to CPSC
There have been 37 incidents resulting in 34 reports of injuries.
What CPSC says to do
Repair
Soft Play has contacted all purchasers directly and installed all additional platforms free of charge to reduce the distance between platforms.
How to contact the company
Soft Play collect at 704-948-3442 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at www.softplay.com and click on “Recall Alert” for more information.
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Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice 20704, cpsc.gov. Text in quotes is from CPSC. Photos: CPSC.