Recall Register

Toy Chests for In-Home Repair

CPSC recall 98055. Recall date: .

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Entrapment

CPSC recall 98055 has the recall date 12 Jan 1998. The notice names the firm Toys R Us. The CPSC record gives no number of units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Entrapment. CPSC gives the product type Toy Chests/Trunks.

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CPSC recall 98055: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Toy Chests for In-Home Repair NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 1998 Release # 98-055 Company Phone Number: (800) 347-8372 CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: Nychelle Fleming, (301) 504-7063 CPSC, Step 2 Announce Recall of Toy Chests for In-Home Repair WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Step 2 Company of Streetsboro, Ohio, is recalling about 350,000 Big Storage Chests for in-home repair of their lids. The lids of the toy chests can fall down onto a young child's head or neck, which could result in the child being entrapped and possibly strangled. CPSC and Step 2 are aware of 16 incidents where the lid fell onto a child's head or neck causing some minor injuries, such as scratches and bruised necks. The Step 2 Big Storage ChestsTM are made of white plastic with a blue lid and have red handles at the top ends. The chests measure 19 inches wide by 33 inches long by 23 inches high. The Step 2 logo is imprinted on the front of the chests just below the lid. The chests have model numbers 7511…
ProductStep 2 Big Storage Chests, Toy Chests/Trunks
ManufacturerToys R Us; Kmart; Step2

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1998: 65,000
CPSC recalls of 1998
133
Recalls of 1998 with one of the same hazards
8%
Recalls of 1998 in the category Toy Chests/Trunks
2%
Recalls on the register that name Toys R Us
31

Other recalls of the firm

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 98055. https://recallregister.com/product/6120-toy-chests-for-in-home-repair/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

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US Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Data retrieved
30 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 98055 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 98055 has no incident or injury text.
How many CPSC recalls name Toys R Us?
31 CPSC recalls on this register name Toys R Us. This recall is 1 of them.