Hammacher Schlemmer Recalls Teak Shower Stools Due to Fall Hazard (Recall Alert)
Home product recall 13-738. Announced by CPSC on Jun 17, 2013.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Jun 17, 2013. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- 92 units units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The wood seat of the shower stool can break, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled stool, disassemble and discard all parts except for one leg. Hammacher Schlemmer is sending a prepaid mailer to known customers to return the stool leg. Customers who haven’t received a prepaid mailer should contact Hammacher Schlemmer. Upon receipt of a stool leg, Hammacher Schlemmer will issue a full refund to the payment card used to purchase the stool and send a $25 Hammacher Schlemmer gift certificate to the customer.
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- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: Hammacher Schlemmer at (800) 440-4030 Ext. 3156 anytime, email customerservice@hammacher.com, or go online to www.hammacher.com/recalls. Consumers can also contact Taymor Industries at (800) 388-9887, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PM Monday through Friday, or online at www.taymor.com and click the words “Product Recall” at the bottom of the main page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled teak shower stools have four metal legs with a teak wood top and two metal grate shelves. The stool model number, 02D8092, and UPC, 06301370069, appear on the packaging.
92 units units, as CPSC gives them.
Teak Shower Stool.
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Numbers to check against yours
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UPC
06301370069
Copied exactly as CPSC lists them.
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?
- Imported by Taymor Industries, Hayward, Calif.
- Hammacher Schlemmer store in New York City, their catalog and online at www.hammacher.com.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 11 reports of stools breaking during set up or normal use. No injuries have been reported.
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What the record doesn’t say
- 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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
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.