Gatekeeper carts grocery or shopping carts, unpowered
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Dec 28, 2022. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Dec 28, 2022the latest report was made
- Dec 28, 2022the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Gatekeeper carts
- Maker
- Gatekeeper Systems, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Grocery or shopping carts, unpoweredCPSC’s product type: Grocery or Shopping Carts, Unpowered (code 1679), in Products at Public Facilities: Other
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| December 2022 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
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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Seen by a doctor or nurse Made Dec 28, 2022, sent to the company Jan 3, 2023, published by CPSC Jan 18, 2023
The product, in the report: Purcheck is a cart system used by Safeway stores to prevent theft. I believe it is used with a program called Gatekeepers that automatically lock a grocery cart if it believes the individual did not pay for the groceries. The only problem is that the system can malfunction and cause injury to people like myself.
On June 20, 2022 I was injured by a Safeway grocery cart. After paying for my items, I proceeded to go out the front door and the wheels on the cart locked, causing the heavy steel cart to buck up and hit me in the leg. Upon advising the manager on duty of the injury I was immediately accused of theft. He stated that the carts have a anti-theft device on them that causes them to lock automatically if the person driving the cart did not pay. I advised the manager that under no circumstance did I steal anything and had documentation/receipt to show. As a result of the accident, I suffered a sprain ankle, pulled back and injury to my leg. Those carts are dangerous; they randomly malfunction and are causing harm to consumers. I like other consumers had no idea that there was the possibility that the cart could randomly lock in place and could cause harm. Safeway does not have plastic, or light weight shopping carts like others stores and when those carts lock up they are dangerous.
- Model
- Unknown-Safeway provides no information
- Where
- Laveen, Arizona: Other Public Property/
Office - Who was involved
- Age 49, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Gatekeeper carts, made or sold by Gatekeeper Systems, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.