IKEA Reannounces and Expands Recall of Children's Wall-Mounted Lamps Due to Strangulation Hazard

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Apr 29, 2014, 12:00 ET

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Recall Summary

Name of Product: Children's wall-mounted lamps

Hazard: Children can get entangled in the electrical cord that hangs from the children's wall-mounted lamps, posing a strangulation hazard.

Remedy: Repair

Consumer Contact: IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532 anytime or online at www.ikea-usa.com and click on the Recall link at the top of the page for more information.

Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/IKEA-Reannounces-and-Expands-Recall-of-Childrens-Wall-Mounted-Lamps/

Recall Details

Units: About 3.5 million in the United States, 1.4 million in Canada, 30.2 million worldwide

(This reannouncement includes IKEA children's lamps in the firm's previous recall in December 2013 and expands the number and types of lamps.)

Description: This recall involves IKEA children's wall-mounted lamps sold in various style names, shapes and colors. The lamps have a cord, about 7 to 8 feet long with either a switch on the cord or a switch located on the lamp. The following lamp styles are included in the recall reannouncement and expansion.

Style Name	Description
BILEN	Green front of car
FLABB	Red lips and white teeth
KUSLIG	Dark blue or pink domed reading lamp
LJUSNING	White round plastic frame with LED light
MINNEN MINNEN FACKLA	Red, blue or mother-of-pearl domed reading lamp with silver-colored spider on dome Silver and cream torch
MYS HJÄRTLIG MYS KANIN MYS MÅNE MYS RIVIG	White bunny on green gingham background nightlight Sleeping bunny nightlight Moon and stars nightlight Cat nightlight
PIFFIG	White and blue fabric domed nightlight Red, green, blue and yellow fabric domed nightlight Red fabric domed nightlight
SEGLATS	Sailboat nightlight
SKOJIG	White or green domed reading lamp with clouds
SMILA BAGGE SMILA BLOMMA SMILA HJÄRTA SMILA MÅNE SMILA SNÄCKA SMILA STJÄRNA SMILA SJÖHÄST	Green bug White, pink or red flower Red heart Yellow moon Blue seashell Blue star Orange seahorse
SMULTRON GRODA	Frog nightlight
SMYG	White tubular reading lamp with white metal sides White domed reading lamp with turquoise metal base White domed reading lamp with red metal base
SNÖIG	Light green, pink or white domed reading lamp
STOJA	Blue triangle on red base White pointed shade on red base with blue arrow
SUSSA	White rectangular lamp with grates
TASSA TASSA NATT	Dark blue lamp with wooden sides Dancing brown frogs Blue nightlight with moon and stars Yellow nightlight with squirrel

Incidents/Injuries: A 15-month-old baby became entangled in the TASSA NATT lamp's cord and nearly strangled. This incident, and the death of a 16-month-old baby who died after getting entangled in the SMILA lamp's cord, were reported in the previous recall. In both incidents, which occurred in Europe, the lamp cord was pulled into the crib by the infants.

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled lamps, remove them from the wall and contact IKEA for a free repair kit. Do not use the lamp until the repair kit is installed. The repair kit has self-adhesive fasteners for attaching the lamp's cord to the wall as well as safety instructions.

Sold exclusively at: IKEA stores nationwide, in IKEA's catalog and online at www.ikea-usa.com from May 1984 to April 2014 for between $5 and $30.

Manufacturer: IKEA North America, of Conshohocken, Pa.

Manufactured in: United States, Lithuania and China

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