About 5,300 Midwest Folding Products caddies used for storing collapsible stages and risers are being recalled because the storage latches can fail to close automatically. This defect allows heavy stage platforms to fall off the caddy and strike anyone nearby. A 3-year-old girl died from head trauma after a portable stage fell from one of these caddies at a church. The affected caddies are metal, come in brown, gray, or black, and were sold nationwide between January 1989 and March 2012 for approximately $1,200. Owners should immediately stop using these caddies and contact the manufacturer for a free repair kit.
The storage latches on the caddy do not automatically lock the platforms into place, which can cause unsecured, heavy stage sections to fall out of the rack and onto consumers, posing a risk of severe injury or death from crush impact.
Caddy owners and consumers should immediately stop using the recalled stage and riser caddies. Caddy owners should contact Midwest Folding Products to receive a free repair kit with new brackets that will allow latches to automatically return to the closed position on the caddies and new white warning and instruction labels.
Midwest Folding Products Caddy
Caution and instruction labels on the recalled caddies
The new brackets and new warning and instruction labels
If you or a family member were harmed by this recalled product, you may have legal rights. Consider consulting a consumer protection attorney to understand your options for compensation.
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Sources: CPSC Notice · Raw API Response