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CPSC, Dollar General Corp. Announce Recall of Dive Sticks

CPSC recall 05112. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Children can fall or land on these upright dive sticks in shallow water and suffer impalement injuries. CPSC banned pre-weighted dive sticks in 2001.

Remedy, in the words of CPSC

Consumers should take these dive sticks away from children immediately and return them to Dollar General stores for a refund, or discard them.

CPSC recall 05112 has the recall date 16 Feb 2005. The notice names the firm The Dollar General. The recall has about 180,000 units. The median CPSC recall of 2005 has 14,000 units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Fall. CPSC gives the product type Swimming Pool Items.

CPSC recall noticeMore of the notice

Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.

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More of the notice

The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.

CPSC recall 05112: incidents, units, products and firms
Incidents and injuries
None reported.
Units180,000
Description
The dive sticks are hard plastic in the shape of worms, fish, and seahorses. The worm dive sticks are sticks with ridges that are green with an orange weighted ball or pink with a yellow weighted ball on the bottom. The fish dive sticks are pink and yellow or green and orange. The seahorse dive sticks are yellow with a blue tail or pink with a yellow tail. All of the dive sticks are about 7 inches long. "Made in China" is written on the fish and seahorses. "Sun and Shade" is written on each package. There are two worms per package and three fish or seahorses per package.
ProductDive Sticks, About 180,000 dive stick packages, Swimming Pool Items
Sold atDollar General stores nationwide from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.
DistributorThe Dollar General Corp
Made inChina

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
180,000Median of 2005: 14,000
CPSC recalls of 2005
323
Recalls of 2005 with one of the same hazards
16%
Recalls of 2005 in the category Swimming Pool Items
0%
Recalls on the register that name The Dollar General
1

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. CPSC recall 05112. https://recallregister.com/product/2877-cpsc-dollar-general-corp-announce-recall-of-dive-sticks/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 05112 report injuries?
The CPSC notice says: None reported.
Where was the product sold?
The CPSC notice says: Dollar General stores nationwide from April 2004 through September 2004 for about $1.
How many units are in CPSC recall 05112?
The CPSC notice gives this number: About 180,000 dive stick packages
Where was the product made?
The CPSC notice gives: China