A popular cooler brand is recalling nearly 1.2million of its cool boxes after dozens of reported injuries including fingertip amputations from using the product.
Igloo is expanding its recent recall of over one million cool boxes after 78 more injuries occurred including 26 fingertip amputations, bone fractures or lacerations.
On Thursday, the company announced that an additional 130,000 of its 90 Qt. Flip & Tow Rolling Coolers should not be used in the US and urged customers to replace them. In addition, 20,000 are recalled in Canada and 5,900 in Mexico.
A notice from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), which enforces standards and bans products to protect the public, stated: ‘The tow handle can pinch consumers’ fingertips against the cooler, posing fingertip amputation and crushing hazards.’
Affected coolers have a manufacture date before January 2024 printed at the bottom in a circular pattern with an arrow pointing to the month and the last two digits of the year within the circle.
They have ‘IGLOO’ emblazoned on the side and came in several body and lid color combinations, and all have tow handles. The model numbers for the faulty cool boxes are 34692, 34785 and 34790.
The cool boxes were sold at major retailers including Costco, Target, Dick’s and Academy, and on Amazon, Igloo’s website and other online marketplaces from January 2019 to January 2025. They were priced between $80 and $140.
People who’ve bought the coolers are advised to immediately stop using them and contact Igloo for a free replacement handle.
The company based in Katy, Texas, initiated the first recall on February 13, covering 1,060,000 units in the US. Another 47,000 in Canada and 23,000 in Mexico are subject to the recall.
Igloo’s recall comes more than two years after the CPSC announced a recall of more than 200,000 children’s weighted blankets sold at Target stores across the US after they were linked to two kids suffocating.
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