130,000 more Igloo coolers recalled over amputation fears

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130,000 more Igloo coolers recalled over amputation fears

By Adam Schrader
May 11, 2025 / 5:03 PM

May 11 (UPI) -- Igloo has recalled another 130,000 coolers over fears that pinch points around the handles and latches could lead to finger amputations.The recall, announced on Friday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, expands on an earlier recall from February that involved more than a million Igloo coolers.

"The tow handle can pinch consumers' fingertips against the cooler, posing fingertip amputation and crushing hazards," the CPSC said in the expanded recall notice.

Specifically, the latest additions to the recall include 9-quart Flip & Tow Rolling Coolers manufactured at a plant in Katy, Texas, before January 2024 and sold at retailers including Costco, Target, Academy and Dick's, and online at Amazon and the company's website.

The recall, announced on Friday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, expands on an earlier recall from February that involved more than a million Igloo coolers.

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https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/05/11/130000-igloo-coolers-recalled-amputation/7581746996078/

Posted here because our Consumer Advice group is retired.

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RESIST!! ✊️

[Silent Type]

1. Glad U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is still operating, at least to some degree.

[Tanuki]

4. Not for long.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/09/trump-consumer-product-safety-commission-00339203

"The Trump administration is breaking up the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a small but powerful independent watchdog that for five decades has quietly kept dangerous toys, cribs and electronics out of American homes.

The administration on Thursday night fired three Biden-appointed commissioners on the five-member CPSC board — Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Mary T. Boyle and Richard Trumka Jr. — just hours after two staffers with the “Department of Government Efficiency” were scheduled to meet with acting Chair Peter Feldman at the agency’s Bethesda headquarters, according to two people familiar with the meeting granted anonymity to avoid retribution. Hoehn-Saric said that while he has received no direct communication from the White House, Feldman has barred him from performing his duties.
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The firings come on the heels of the commissioners’ opposition to any DOGE-directed layoffs and the reclassification of more than 70 CPSC employees, including safety engineers, hazard analysts, and outreach staff responsible for educating manufacturers and consumers.
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"These terminations will inevitably result in emergency room visits or deaths that could and should have been avoided,” warned Hoehn-Saric, who was appointed in 2021 and confirmed unanimously by the Senate."....(more)

[scipan]

2. is this what you want, maga? no cpsc?

Anyway thanks and I'm glad they're still kicking.

[werdna]

3. Photo

[C Moon]

5. My first visual when I read the headline was head amputation. :D

I looked up the cooler to figure out how that could happen.
Either way, I'm glad this was caught.