Stafford step stools
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Jan 28, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Jan 28, 2015the latest report was made
- Jan 28, 2015the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Stafford
- Maker
- BALLARD DESIGNS, 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
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| January 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
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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Emergency room Made Jan 28, 2015, sent to the company Mar 4, 2015, published by CPSC Mar 19, 2015
The product, in the report: Step Stool (two steps)
This caller is reporting her two step, step stool purchased around October/November 2009. The caller states that she used the step stool to get in and out of her raised bed and had no problems with it until Tuesday, January 13, 2015 when she was standing on the step stool to adjust window shade. After the window was adjusted she began to step down but the left side of the step stool broke off sending her falling to the right, hitting her wrist.
The caller’s husband drove her to the Tulane Medical Center Emergency in downtown Louisiana where she was diagnosed with a fracture of the right radius of her right wrist. After approximately five to six hours, her bone was set, a cast was on her right wrist and she was instructed to be seen by an orthopedic physician to be sure the bone was healing properly.
The caller contacted the retailer/distributor January 16th, 2015 (manufacturer is in China). This does not appear to be one of the stools recalled with release# 12-001.
- Model
- 91946
- Serial number
- unknown
- Bought from
- Ballard catalog, Georgia
- Bought
- Oct 15, 2009, about then
- Where
- New Orleans, Louisiana: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 67, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Stafford, made or sold by BALLARD DESIGNS, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
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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.
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