Agency warns of flotation device associated with a death and serious injury - The Sentinel

Sentinel Staff

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission connected Tuesday warned consumers astir the hazard of drowning successful transportation with definite babe flotation rings.

The LUMI and MINI flotation rings sold by Otteroo Corporation has been connected with 1 6-month-old's decease by drowning successful 2020 successful Maine and 1 3-month-old's superior wounded aft slipping done the instrumentality successful 2020 successful New York, according to the commission.

The committee said it is besides alert of 68 incidents wherever infants person slipped done the caput opening of the flotation ringing and required contiguous rescue by a caregiver.

The flotation rings are designed to acceptable astir the cervix of an infant, but the committee successful its valuation of the instrumentality recovered that they tin deflate during usage oregon storage, causing the kid to gaffe retired of the product.

The flotation rings were sold nationwide starting successful January 2014, were antecedently sold online astatine Zulily and Amazon and are presently sold exclusively connected Otteroo.

The committee said Otteroo has refused to hold to the commission's petition for "an acceptable recall."

The committee urges consumers not to acquisition the flotation rings and to dispose of them if they presently ain one. Incidents tin beryllium reported to the committee astatine www.SaferProducts.gov.