Cosco Home & Office Products of Columbus, IN is recalling 273,000 Chinese made 3-in-1 convertible aluminum hand trucks. The handles can be moved to allow the hand truck to be used in a vertical or horizontal position.
Cosco has received ten reports of wheel hubs separating or breaking and ejecting pieces including four reports of bruises and lacerations.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled hand trucks and contact Cosco for a free repair kit as is required by U.S. regulations.
Recalled hand trucks have model numbers 12-301 ABL and 12-301 ABL1. The hand trucks were manufactured from January 2009 to October 2011. The model number and the manufacture buy online valium in india date are on the Cosco label on the rear side of the bottom cross member.
Incidents/Injuries
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled hand trucks and contact Cosco for a free repair kit.
The Chinese hand trucks were sold at Ace Hardware, Costco Wholesale Club, Lowe’s, Price Mart and United Stationers, and online at The Home Depot.com from March 2009 to October 2011 for between $100 and $150 dollars.
Cosco Home & Office Products toll-free at (888) 250-9299 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email handtruck@coscoproducts.com or online at www.coscoproducts.com and click on Safety Notice at the top of the page for more information.
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