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Mainstay Kids Folding Step Stool step stools

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 18, 2016. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Oct 18, 2016the latest report was made
  • Oct 18, 2016the earliest
  • 1with the company’s comments
Brand
Mainstay Kids Folding Step Stool
Maker
Walmart Stores Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Step stoolsCPSC’s product type: Step Stools (code 620), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Ladders

By month

1 report from November 2015 to October 2016; the most in October 2016, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
October 20161

How badly anyone was hurt

  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: 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.

Source:

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

  1. No one hurt

    Made Oct 18, 2016, sent to the company Nov 23, 2016, published by CPSC Dec 8, 2016

    The product, in the report: plastic stepstool about 6”-8” tall holds up to 300 lbs. SKU# 72711 120802 No model or serial #

    (10/17/2016) The consumer stated that the child was standing on the stepstool next to the stove watching her feed another child. The stool buckled and the child fell on the ceramic tile floor and hit his left elbow and his buttocks.

    The child was not injured but frightened.

    (10/18/2016) The consumer contacted Walmart via email in reference to the incident but have not received a response.

    Model
    Unknown
    Bought from
    Walmart, New York
    Bought
    May 2, 2015, about then
    Where
    Watertown, New York: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 3, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Other Relative
    As this report names them
    Brand Mainstay Kids Folding Step Stool, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

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.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

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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