Report Summary
Consumer reports that the plastic utility carts have caused deaths because of unsafe weight limits. The cart is loaded with too much weight and a child has tried to climb it and it's tipped over resulting in death. The company is using false weight ratings. Tip over hazard.
Product Details
- Product Description: Luxor / HWilson Utility Carts
These are on Plastic Utility carts and Metal Utility carts.
Plastic Utility / AV carts STC TC and EC series carts
18W x 24l" X 34t
18"w X 32"l X 34"t
24"w X 32"X 34"
Model STC111 Stc222 EC111 EC11 AVJ42 TC222
All carts have inaccurate weight ratings all of them are not safe to move with their listed ratings. [REDACTED]
Metal Carts
anything listed in the AV242 Series
- Manufacturer/Importer/Private Labeler Name: Luxor
- Brand Name: Luxor / HWilson
- Model Name or Number: STC111 Stc222 EC111 EC11 AVJ42 TC222
- Serial Number:
- UPC Code: 847210027201
- SKU#:
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Date Manufactured:
1/1/1990
- Retailer:
- Retailer State:
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Purchase Date:
- Product Category: Home Maintenance and Structures
- Product Type: Tools & Hardware
- Product Code: Carts, Other or Not Specified (1684)
Incident Details
- Incident Description: [REDACTED] I about [REDACTED] years ago I was made aware of a child who died while trying to climb on one of our products. I also learned there had been multiple other children who had similar incidents where they also perished as results to their injuries. As far as I know all lawsuits were settled. In each case heavy items were placed on top of these products. and a small child was either able to pull it down or a component failed causing the cart to collapse on the child. Since the [REDACTED] incident I have a sense of guilt for not pushing my supervisors harder to recall the products. They felt it wasn't necessary and feared the financial cost if they do have to recall the product. They also didn't want this information disclosed to the rest of the employees in the company. Today they still have weight ratings on their products I know are unsafe and false. I feel this should be looked into as there are 10,000- 100,000 units if not more in our public schools. I am giving my best guess on when I first learned about this. There are legal cases for every instance. I can also provide a lot more history on this if and their testing processes if the agency feels it is necessary.
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Incident Date:
6/1/2016
- Incident Location: School
Victims Involved
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- Injury Information: Death
- My Relationship to the Victim: No Relationship
- Gender: Unknown
- Victim's Age When Incident Occurred:
Comments from the Manufacturer/Private Labeler
- Luxor : The incident described in this report allegedly occurred over five years ago and the CPSC has already been informed of the incident. This report is not being made by a consumer, but by a purported former employee who does not have first-hand knowledge of the incident. Luxor takes product safety allegations very seriously, reviews all such allegations, and is dedicated to product quality.
Additional Details
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Submitter has product?:
No
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Product was damaged before incident?:
No
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Product was modified before incident?:
- If yes to any, explanation: I worked there [REDACTED], and believe it should be reported now that I have seen what is happening with [REDACTED]
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Have you contacted the manufacturer?:
No
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If Not, Do you plan to?:
- Report Number: 20210507-4902B-2147364271
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Report Date:
5/7/2021
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Sent to Manufacturer/Importer/Private Labeler:
6/30/2021
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Report First Publication Date:
2/9/2022
- Category of Submitter: Consumer
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