Children’s toilet step stools
CPSC Recall #18-066 — December 19, 2017
Product
Children’s toilet step stools
Description
This recall involves the SquattyPottymus children’s toilet step stools used to assist a child in reaching a toilet seat. The plastic step stools measure about 15.8 by 16.8 by 10 inches and were sold individually or as a part of a set, which included a toilet seat and decorative stickers. The step stool is designed to look like a gray hippopotamus with blue or purple eyes. It has a height-adjusting aqua blue hat top step and cut-outs that function as handles on each side.
Hazard
The top removable step (hat) on the recalled children’s toilet step stools can detach while a child is standing on it, posing injury and fall hazards.
Incidents / Injuries
Squatty Potty has received two reports of children falling from the toilet step stool, resulting in one child hitting her chin on the toilet and biting the inside of her mouth causing her to bleed. Another child fell and hit his head on a wall.
Remedy
Consumers should immediately stop using the children’s toilet step stools until they remove the hat. Consumers should contact Squatty Potty for instructions on returning the hat portion of the stool, free of cost, for a $10 refund.
Units Affected
About 2,400
Sold At
Online at squattypotty.com and Amazon.com from September 2017 through November 2017 for about $50
Manufacturer
Manu Changzhou Future International Business Mafacturer, from China
Importer
Squatty Potty, LLC, of St. George, Utah.
Manufactured In
China