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CPSC, Kearney-National, Hapco Division Announce Recall of Flagpoles

Home product recall 04-532. Announced by CPSC on Jan 20, 2004.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jan 20, 2004. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

A partially crimped sleeve on these flagpoles can allow the cable to pull through the sleeve, causing the loop to release. When the assembly is raised with no flag attached, it can allow a seven pound counter weight to drop to the ground, possibly hitting people nearby.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Hapco is directly notifying consumers who purchased these flagpoles about the recall and providing free repair kits.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, contact Hapco at (800) 368-7171, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.

Which ones are recalled?

These Internal Halyard flagpoles have a hinged door and a metal cable on the outside of the pole.

118 units, as CPSC gives them.

Internal Halyard Flagpoles.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Kearney-National, Hapco Division, Abingdon, Va.
  • Hardware and flag stores nationwide, from August 2003 through October 2003, for between $1,000 and $1,500.
  • Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

Kearney-National is aware of three incidents of a counter weight falling, including with one incident resulting in a minor injury.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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