Almost 200,000 Play Kitchens Recalled After Death Of Toddler Who Was Strangled On Hook

A callback of astir 192,000 play kitchens has been issued aft a toddler died of strangulation successful Oregon while playing pinch one.

Backyard Kids, LLC, of Plano, Texas, announced nan callback of nan KidKraft Farm to Table Model Play Kitchens connected Thursday. The institution is offering to switch nan hooks connected each units, which are utilized to clasp artifact room accessories, for illustration pots, according to nan U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The kitchens are primitively manufactured by KidKraft, Inc., and only astir 400 of them were sold by Backyard Kids LLC to consumers, including 12 sold successful Canada.

The kitchens unit from $120 to $270 and were sold connected KidKraft.com, Amazon.com and Walmart.com from 2018 to this month, per nan information commission.

The callback comes aft a hook caught onto nan garment of a 23-month-old successful Oregon who was crawling done an opening successful nan backmost of nan play room successful 2023.

"The kid was incapable to rescue himself and died from strangulation and asphyxia," nan information committee said successful a news release.

In a statement, KidKraft said that nan exemplary 53411 play kitchens "pose a strangulation and asphyxia hazard and a consequence of superior wounded aliases decease to young children who are climbing connected nan antagonistic aliases crawling done nan opening astatine nan backmost of nan play kitchens."

"Your information is our first priority," nan artifact shaper said successful nan statement.

The institution revenge for bankruptcy successful May 2024. It is unclear if this is connected to nan toddler’s decease successful 2023.

Backyard Kids, LLC did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

People who person nan artifact kitchens are advised to extremity utilizing them, region nan original hooks and interaction Backyard Kids, LLC for replacement hooks, nan information committee said.