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Inclinator Company of America Recalls Residential Elevators Due to Child Entrapment Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or... — CPSC recall 22046
Published notice; closure not supplied
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Source date Jan 11, 2022. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.
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What the record says
- Product
- This recall involves Inclinator residential elevators manufactured from 1979 through 2021. Models include: Winding Drum (450 - 1,000 lb.), Hydraulic Drive, Chain Drive, Traction Drive and Overhead Cable Drum. Serial numbers are located on the elevator controllers, stamped on the rails, or on the outside of the drum for Winding Drum units. The elevators are used in consumers' homes.
- Reason
- Young children can become entrapped in the space between the exterior landing (hoistway) door and the interior elevator car door or gate if there is a hazardous gap, and suffer serious injuries or death when the elevator is called to another floor.
- Classification
- Not supplied
- Recalling firm
- Inclinator Company of America Inc., of Harrisburg, Pa.
- Quantity
- About 39,300
- Agency-reported status
- Published recall notice
- Source record identifier
- 22046
Lot and product identifiers
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Distribution
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Dates in the source
- Last publish date
- Jan 11, 2022
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