Stroller maker Maclaren USA Inc. announced on November 9, 2009 a recall of about one million strollers sold in the United States over the past 10 years. The stroller recall was prompted by a dozen reports of children’s fingers being amputated, or cut off, when they got caught in the hinges of the stroller.

This stroller recall was a voluntary recall involving the Maclaren single and double umbrella stroller sold in the U.S. at Babies “R” Us and Target stores starting in 1999. Maclaren said that, to date, it has received 15 reports of children placing their fingers in the stroller hinge mechanism while the strollers were being opened and closed. Twelve of these reports led to fingertip amputations. None of these incidents occurred while the children were sitting in the stroller.

Stroller models affected by the recall include Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, TechnoXLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveler. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) advised consumers to immediately stop using the strollers, unless otherwise instructed.

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Adapted from Reuters Health, 9 November 2009.