Product Recall: Mattel Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Toys

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US/Bethesda & Canada/Ottawa: Fisher Price Inc., a East Aurora, New York establishment, and a Mattel Canada, a Mississauga, Ontario establishment recalls an estimated total 22,097 of Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Crates and Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Paint Children’s Toys (approximately 21,000 in the US and approximately 1,097 in Canada) from the American and Canadian marketplaces due to suspected component detachment and consequential risks of choking, oral injury, internal ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction/perforation and sepsis, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.

The push along wooden trains toys are designed to look like the characters from Thomas & Friends called the Troublesome Trucks, as follows:

• Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Crates Children’s Toys, measuring approximately 3.6 inches long by 2.1 inches high. with magnetic connectors at both ends to attach to other vehicles, are gray and black train car with cargo of brown crates and were sold with an Amazon Standard Identification Number (“ASIN”) of B09P4J9N5J with an item ID of HBJ89
• Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Paint Children’s Toys, measuring approximately 3.6 inches long by 2.1 inches high. with magnetic connectors at both ends to attach to other vehicles, are gray and black in color with a cargo of gray paint cans and a yellow paint splatter on the side and were sold with an Amazon Standard Identification Number (“ASIN”) of B09P4G581J with an item ID of HBJ90

Please consult the photograph above for details of the product’s design and retail presentation. Additional images of the recalled Wooden Children’s Toys can be found on the Web site above.

==> No barcodes, UPCs, item numbers, manufacturing date codes, production dates, regulatory approval designations, registration numbers, agency approval designations or other identification numbers were listed with this recall notification.

According to the CPSC, the small plastic piece containing a high-powered magnet that connects one train to another can detach and/or become loose. If this defect occurs, it poses choking and magnet ingestion hazards to people who utilize the product in a reasonable manner expected with its intended design and anticipated use.

If a child swallows more than one small high powered Magnet, components of these Toys can stick together across the walls of the child’s intestine or other digestive tissue, which can lead to internal injuries and even death. These Magnets may need emergency surgical intervention to remove. Further, the Magnets may pose a choking hazard to young children due to small parts. Even post ingestion, survivors can have long-term health consequences requiring medical care and rehabilitation.

In this case, this recall was initiated after one (1) report of the plastic connector becoming loose and detaching from the product. As of press time, no injuries had been reported.

Proposed Remedy:
If you believe you have purchased or have in your possession any of the recalled Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Crates and Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway Troublesome Truck & Paint Children’s Toys, please do not let your child play with or near them. Instead, kindly return the product to the store where you purchased it for a full refund or follow the instructions found at http://www.service.mattel.com to receive a full refund.

Please note: this is a joint recall from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and Health Canada (“HCSC”).

==> If you have a medical emergency, please contact 9-1-1, your closest hospital or emergency center equipped to properly treat choking, oral injury, internal ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction/perforation and sepsis..

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If you have any questions about this recall notification, please contact Fisher Price Inc. toll-free at 1-855-853-6224 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Eastern Standard Time (“EST”), Monday to Friday. Alternatively, you can visit the company’s Web site at http://www.service.mattel.com/us/recall.aspx or at http://www.service.mattel.com and click on the “Recalls & Safety Alerts” link.

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==> To see other recalls and notifications concerning bowel obstruction/perforation hazards, please search for “bowel” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

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==> To see other recalls and notifications for products manufactured, marketed and/or sold by Mattel, Inc., please search for “Mattel” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

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==> To see other recalls and notifications for products manufactured, marketed and/or sold under the Thomas & Friends brand, please search for “Thomas” using the Search Box at the top of this page.

French/Français for the Canadian release:
You can also read about this recall in French here (“Santé Canada”):
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/produits-chemin-fer-en-bois-thomas-friendstm-rappeles-en-raison-risque-ingestion

Vous pouvez également lire ce rappel en français ici (“Santé Canada”):
https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/fr/avis-rappel/produits-chemin-fer-en-bois-thomas-friendstm-rappeles-en-raison-risque-ingestion

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More information about this recall:
CPSC recall number: 24-010
HCSC ID number: RA-74438
Recalls Direct RIN: 17763-2023
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