Simplify step stools
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 13, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Feb 13, 2013the latest report was made
- Feb 13, 2013the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Simplify
- Maker
- Kennedy International IncMakers, 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
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| February 2013 | 1 |
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.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Feb 13, 2013, sent to the company Mar 22, 2013, published by CPSC Apr 5, 2013
The product, in the report: 16” Folding Step Stool
The consumer says that her husband was sitting on the stool, he weighs well below the weight limit. However the stool, cracked, broke and collapsed. Her husband fell onto the floor.
The consumer says that these stools are made by Kennedy International. their is a sticker on the back of her stool with their name on it. They are the same manufacturer listed in Release #12-171.
The consumer says that the step stool she has is made the exact same way as the one listed in the recall.
Consumer notes that the level of unjury is not known at this time. It is undetermined how this fall may affect the spine.
- Model
- 23640-AST-3 RN 96306
- Bought from
- TJ MAXX
- Bought
- Oct 15, 2012
- Where
- Vestavia, Alabama: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 68, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- Brand Simplify, made or sold by Kennedy International Inc
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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.