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Magna Latch swimming pool equipment

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 30, 2021. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Mar 30, 2021the latest report was made
  • Mar 30, 2021the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
Magna Latch
Maker
D&D TechnologiesMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Swimming pool equipmentCPSC’s product type: Swimming Pool Equipment (code 3262), in Sports and Recreation: Pools & Water Sports

By month

1 report from April 2020 to March 2021; the most in March 2021, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
March 20211

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Death 1

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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Death

    Made Mar 30, 2021, sent to the company Apr 16, 2021, published by CPSC May 11, 2021

    The product, in the report: Magna Latch The Magna Latch has two sections. One section is mounted on a fixed pool fence pole. It has a magnetic bolt and a knob to pull up the bolt. The other section is mounted on the gate. It has a platform with a recess. Inside the recess is a magnet. When the gate closes, the magnet on the gate section pulls the magnetic bolt into the recess. This should hold the gate closed. However, if the two sections are not aligned, then the gate appears latched, but in fact it is not. The Magna Latch as a whole is about 1-2 feet tall, 1 inch wide, and 2-3 inches deep. It is black.

    Our house is in Las Vegas, Nevada. Around January 9, 2017, we installed a removable mesh pool fence with a Magna Latch for the gates. This was to keep our young son and daughter from entering the pool. In the early evening of June 20, 2017, friends visited. Their children played in the pool with our children. After a while, our daughter and her pool buddy left the pool because our daughter said that she was finished swimming. However, at some point she went back to the pool and was able to open the gate. She suffered a near drowning, and she passed away on June 29, 2017 from injuries resulting from brain anoxia.

    June 20, 2017, was a record hot day in Las Vegas. A couple of days later, an investigation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department showed that the Magna Latch was not closing correctly. The aluminum fence poles had bowed, which pulled the parts of the Magna Latch out of alignment. The Magna Latch looked like it was closed, but it was not. Subsequent inspections by experts have confirmed that the Magna Latch is not closing correctly.

    Our family is completed devastated by the incident and the passing away of our very young daughter.

    Model
    Magna Latch
    UPC
    Unknown, if any
    Serial number
    0410609209 1614708:12
    Where
    Las Vegas, Nevada: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 4, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Child
    As this report names them
    Brand Magna Latch, made or sold by D&D Technologies

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

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Sources

Sources

  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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