Flying Wheels tire swings
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Miracle Recreation Equipment Company announced a repair program in April 1985 for 274 "Flying Wheels" tire swings manufactured between 1977 and 1983. The swings, which consist of four tires suspended from cross beams that rotate about a central metal shaft, pose a fall hazard after a weld failure caused part of a swing to fall and fatally strike a five-year-old girl in Ohio in June 1984. The affected swings were sold nationally to park and recreation departments, schools, and churches.
The manufacturer will contact each purchaser by registered mail to arrange for a free field repair designed to prevent the swing assembly from separating from the central shaft. Until the repair is completed, the manufacturer and the Consumer Product Safety Commission urged that the tire swings be removed from service. For additional information, consumers could contact Miracle Recreation Equipment Company at P.O. Box 275, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 or call (515-236-7536), or reach the Commission's toll-free hotline at 800-638-CPSC.
Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
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Flying Wheels Playground Swings Repaired by Miracle NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 1985 Release # 85-017 Miracle Recreation Equipment Company To Repair "Flying Wheels" Playground Swings WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Miracle Recreation Equipment Company of Grinnell, Iowa, today announced a repair program affecting 274 "Flying Wheels" tire swings produced by the firm between 1977 and 1983. A five-year old girl in Lorain, Ohio was killed in June 1984 after part of a Flying Wheels swing fell and struck her. Flying Wheels is a playground swing consisting of four tires suspended from cross beams that rotate about a central metal shaft. The accident in Ohio occurred sometime after a weld on the unit had failed. Flying Wheels swings subject to this program were sold nationally to local park and recreation departments and to some schools and churches. From its sales records, Miracle Recreation Equipment Company will contact directly, by registered mail, each purchaser of a Flying Wheels unit to notify them of the potential hazard and arrange for a field repair intended to prevent the swing assembly from the central shaft. The firm will provide needed charge, for the repair and an allowance of $50.00 for from separating parts, without welding costs. Until the repair has been completed, the Commission and the manufacturer urge that the tire swings be removed from all Flying, Wheels units purchased prior to 1984. For additional information, please contact Miracle Recreation Equipment Company, P.0. Box 275, Grinnell, Iowa 50112 (515-236-7536.) or call the Commission toll-free Hotline on 800-638-CPSC. The Commission's teletypewriter number for the hearing-impaired is (301) 595-7054.
Official record: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ↗
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