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Recall: Child safety latches and outlet covers, screws can loosen or break
Jul 27, 2011 4:45 PM

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled 37,000 Prime-Line child safety draw and cabinet latches and outlet covers because the screws on both products can become loose or break. If this occurs, children can gain access to electrical outlets and hazardous products intended to be off limits. These products were sold under the brand name Child Safe.

Prime-Lime has received four reports of screws breaking, although no injuries were reported. The latches were sold at stores nationwide between October 2010 and June 2011, for $2.50 to $2.70. The outlet covers, which have rotating receptacle covers, were also sold nationwide between October 2009 and June 2011, for about $3.50.

The drawer and cabinet latches were sold at the following locations:
Ace Hardware
Bostwic-Braun
Cal-Do-It Centers
Do-It-Best
Friedman Brothers
Menards
Orgill
The Andersons Inc.
True Value

Outlet covers were sold at the following locations:
Ace Hardware
Cimarron Lumber & Supply
Do-It-Best
Friedman Brothers
Handy Hardware
Menards
W.E. Aubuchon

For a free replacement kit, consumers can call Prime-Line at 855-839-9555, or for more information visit prime-line-products.com.

The CPSC also just announced another recall of child-safety products made by Prime-Line, Child non-slip bathtub mats that don't stick to the tub surface.

Child Safety Latches and Outlet Covers Recalled by Prime-Line; Screw Breaks Can Allow Unintended Access [CPSC]

—Maggie Shader

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