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CPSC And Industry Redesign Products To Save Lives

CPSC recall 95003. Recall date: .

CPSC recall 95003 has the recall date 4 Oct 1994. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Blinds, Shades & Cords.

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CPSC recall 95003: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Originally issued October 4, 1994; Revised March 3, 2011Release #95-003 CONTACT: Elaine Tyrrell(301) 504-6815 CPSC And Industry Redesign Products To Save Lives Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today a major cooperative effort with the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) to protect children from strangling in window covering pull cords. Window covering pull cords are associated with at least 140 deaths since 1981, a rate of one death per month.CPSC Chairman Ann Brown said, "This collaborative effort between CPSC and manufacturers, importers, and retailers of drapery and blind cords epitomizes how government and industry can work together to save lives. This program will change future production, and give consumers who have or will buy window coverings a way to prevent the needless deaths of children."CPSC, which investigated seven window covering cord strangulation deaths this year in Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, and California, is currently investigating an eighth death in the state of Washington.Although some children were described as "entangled" or "wrapped" in window covering cords, most were…
ProductWindow blinds - window covering pull cords, Blinds, Shades & Cords
FirmThe CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons.

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1994: not given
CPSC recalls of 1994
109
Recalls of 1994 with one of the same hazards
20%
Recalls of 1994 in the category Blinds, Shades & Cords
1%

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 95003. https://recallregister.com/product/5584-cpsc-and-industry-redesign-products-to-save-lives/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

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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 95003 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 95003 has no incident or injury text.