Anchor Industries Recalls Safety Pool Covers Due to Drowning Risk (Recall Alert)
Home product recall 16-732. Announced by CPSC on Mar 10, 2016.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Mar 10, 2016. 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 brass-plated snap hooks used to connect the cover’s cables to the wall can break, posing a drowning risk.
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What should you do?
Consumers should immediately contact their pool cover dealer to schedule an inspection and replacement of the snap hooks.
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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).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: Anchor Industries toll-free at 800-255-5552 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at www.anchorindustries.com and click on “Safety Recall” for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves mesh and solid-material Anchor 5-Star, Anchor Mesh, Classic Solid and Defender Mesh brand custom safety pool covers. The covers’ cables are connected to the pool wall using brass-plated snap hooks with a gold-tone spring tab, a seam and a hook end with a bezel. The date of manufacture appears on the warning label on the underside of each pool cover. Manufacture dates of “Sep 14,” “Oct 14” and “Nov 14” are subject to the recall. “Manufactured by Anchor Industries, Inc.” also appears on the label.
About 350 units, as CPSC gives them.
Safety pool covers.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 3 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Distributed by Anchor Industries, Inc., Evansville, Ind.
- Independent pool supply stores and dealers nationwide from September 2014 to November 2014 for about $3,000.
- Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 20 reports of snap hook failure. No injuries have been reported.
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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.
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.
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