Recall Register

Toy Chest Warning by Jackson Furniture

CPSC recall 74013. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Entrapment

CPSC recall 74013 has the recall date 25 Feb 1974. The notice names the firm Sears. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Entrapment.

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CPSC recall 74013: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Toy Chest Warning by Jackson Furniture NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 1974 Release # 74-013 CPSC Warns Of Toy Chest Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C.(Feb. 25) --The Consumer Product Safety Commission today urged purchasers of a particular toy chest to return the chests to the retailer where they were purchased for a full refund. The toy chests, manufactured by the Jackson Furniture Corporation, Jackson, Tenn., were sold by 40 retailers, including Sears, Roebuck and Company, who sold the chest through its catalog. Tile action came after the chests were reportedly associated with the death of one child and serious injury to another in separate incidents. The accidents apparently resulted from the children's heads being caught between the front of the case and the top of the chest. Some 13,000 of the chests were manufactured by Jackson Furniture, and 95 percent were sold through the Sears catalog during the past four years. The Consumer Product Safety Commission believes most of these are still in the hands of consumers. The CPSC notified Jackson Furniture Corporation and…
ProductJackson Furniture toy chests
ProductSears toy chests, Toy Chests/Trunks
ManufacturerSears; Jackson Furniture

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1974: not given
CPSC recalls of 1974
14
Recalls of 1974 with one of the same hazards
7%
Recalls on the register that name Sears
32

Other recalls of the firm

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 74013. https://recallregister.com/product/3754-toy-chest-warning-by-jackson-furniture/. 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 74013 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 74013 has no incident or injury text.
How many CPSC recalls name Sears?
32 CPSC recalls on this register name Sears. This recall is 1 of them.