Playskool Voluntarily Recalls Toy Tool Benches after the Death of Two Toddlers
Kids’ product recall 06-266. Announced by CPSC on Sep 22, 2006.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Sep 22, 2006. 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?
The oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys can become lodged in children’s throats, posing a suffocation hazard.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately take the two toy nails away from children and contact Playskool to get information on returning the nails for a $50 certificate for a Playskool (or its related companies’) product.
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- How to reach the firm: For additional information, call Playskool at (800) 509-9554 anytime, or go to their Web site at www.playskool.com
Which ones are recalled?
The Team Talkin’ Tool Bench™ is a 20-inch-tall plastic toy tool bench with an animated red toy saw, a yellow toy drill and a blue toy vice. The toy talks and makes various sound effects, including tool sounds. The product also includes a toy hammer, screwdriver, two 2¼-inch plastic screws, two 3-inch plastic nails and pieces to build a small toy plane. The red Playskool logo is on the front of the brown surface of the tool bench.
About 255,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Team Talkin’ Tool Bench™.
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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?
- Distributed by Playskool, Pawtucket, R.I.
- Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, KB Toys stores and various other stores nationwide from October 2005 through September 2006 for about $35.
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Was anyone hurt?
Playskool received reports that a 19-month-old boy from Martinsburg, W.V., and a 2-year-old boy from League City, Texas, suffocated when oversized plastic toy nails sold with the tool bench toys became forcefully lodged in their throats.
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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.
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Sources
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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.
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.