D-Con animal traps
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 20, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Mar 20, 2012the latest report was made
- Mar 20, 2012the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- D-Con
- Maker
- Reckitt Benckiser LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Animal trapsCPSC’s product type: Animal Traps (code 1432), in Yard & Garden: Other
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| March 2012 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No incident, no one hurt Made Mar 20, 2012, sent to the company May 10, 2012, published by CPSC May 24, 2012
The product, in the report: Plastic Mouse Trap
Friday, March 16, 2012 caller purchased T-Con Mouse Trap, set it up in his kitchen then after approximately an hour he heard a “snap”, went to kitchen.
No mouse in trap
Bottom piece is round, 4” in diameter, Spindle in center comes up about 2”, then a plastic top that goes over the spindle.
Somehow the axle from the bottom part snapped and a quarter inch of the plastic shot up and caller found it a couple inches away from the rest of the trap.
Model# 0261071
He is reporting as a safety hazard because if a curious child had been trying to see how it worked or got close to it for any reason could have lost an eye or been injured in another way when the plastic hit him or her.
He believes that the plastic should be much tougher.
UPDATE FROM SUBMITTER: A quarter inch of the vertical axle was found a couple of inches away but that was only half of the piece that had broken off. When the piece broke off it split vertically and a second piece was found on 31 March 2012 across the kitchen in a wicker basket on the opposite counter that is used to hold bags of onions. That second half was imbedded in the weave of the wicker and at first I thought it was a black spot on the wicker. I was able to pry it out. That piece had traveled more than 52 inches and I do not know how high above the counter the apex of the arc was.
- Model
- 0261071 35814_file3863
- UPC
- 019200783576
- Serial number
- 0201867
- Bought from
- Cowls Lumbar Yeard, Massachusetts
- Bought
- Mar 16, 2012
- Where
- Leverett, Massachusetts: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand D-Con, made or sold by Reckitt Benckiser LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
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