Cabinet Or Door Hardware

7YOM PRESENTS TO THE ER AFTER HE RAN INTO THE HANDLE ON A DOORWAY AND CUT HIS FOREHEAD ABOVE THE HAIRLINE, DX: 2 CM FOREHEAD LACERATION.

2YOF C/O LAC TO FOREHEAD, SHE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT THE CORNER OF A METAL DOOR HINGE. DX;LAC OF FOREHEAD.

31 YOM WAS BRUSHING HIS TEETH IN BATHROOM AND TURNED HITTING HIS ELBOW ON DOOR KNOB CAUSING THE TOOTH BRUSH TO HIT THE SOFT PALATE OF HIS MOUTH, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND MOUTH

75YOF BIBEMS FOR FALL OFF WHEELCHAIR AND HITTING HEAD WITH HEADACHE . PT WAS IN BATHROOM TRYING TO REACH FOR THE DOORKNOB AND FELL. PT HAS ABRASION TO SCALP DX; FALL

79 YOF TRYING TO UNDO LATCH ON DOOR, FELL HIT HEAD. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY, VERTIGO

46YOM, WAS SMOKING MARIJUANA WHEN STOOD UP AND REACH OUT TO THE DOOR KNOB TO OPEN A DOOR AND SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AND FELL WITHOUT OVERT TRAUMA, DX: SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE; DIAPHORESIS

16YOM, SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR HITTING FACE ON A DOORKNOB, DX: FACIAL LACERATION

19YOM, SLIPPED ON ICE, REACHED OUT TO STORM DOOR VERSUS DOORKNOB TO STOP FALLING CUTTING FINGER ON IT, DX: LACERATION OF FINGER WITHOUT FOREIGN BODY

11YOM FELL AGAINST A DOOR KNOB STRIKING RIGHT SIDE OF CHEST WHILE PLAYING AT HOME DX: CHEST PAIN

36YOF HAD A SLIP AND FALL STRIKING HER RIGHT KNEE ON THE KNOB OF A KITCHEN CABINET DX: PAIN RIGHT KNEE

3YOM, ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HEAD ONTO A DRAWER HANDLE, CRIED IMMEDIATELY, DX: LACERATION OF FOREHEAD; INJURY OF HEAD

76YOM PRESENTS WITH ELBOW PAIN AFTER A FALL WITH HEAD STRIKE ON THE HANDLE OF THE DRESSER. DX: FALL

I installed 14 LockState LS-6600 electronic locks in one of our group homes and over the past year or so I have had 4 of the spring latches fail. When the spring latch fails the door can't be opened from inside or outside by unlocking it manually or using the electronic code. Even after removing the lockset from the door the spring latch cannot be retracted manually and must be destroyed and picked out in pieces. That is provided you can get into the room via a window and remove the lockset to gain access to the spring latch.

My daughter in law recently had an extremely scary situation relating to some cabinet and drawer latches and I wanted to report it so that hopefully this and similar dangerous products can be removed from the market. I hope you are the right person to contact. If not, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know who I should refer this to. The situation My daughter in law was in her kitchen with her 3 year old daughter. The child attempted to get into a cabinet that had a safety latch installed. Suddenly there was a loud scream. The child had pushed her head into the cabinet and one of the "safety" latches had somehow pushed into her eye and had caught under her eyelid. Since the child's head was into the cabinet it was hard to see what the problem was but when the child was finally freed, there was much bleeding that resulted in a trip to the emergency room and two very shaken up parents. The product The product is called "KidCo" and came in a 12 pack. Their site is: www.kidco.com and the box label specifies: Cabinet & Drawer Lock #S338. The company Kidco Inc. 1013 Technology Way, Libertyville, ILL 60048-5349 Notes - The latch portion of the product is very narrow and has sharp edges. A product that is intended to be placed at the head height of a small child should be much larger and much smoother. This product is not suitable for this application and should be removed from the market. - There may be other such products that should be examined. It would be a tragedy if any child had the loss of an eye or any permanent injury from these products. - I would be pleased to send the product to whoever could investigate further. - I was surprised to hear that the emergency room staff did not follow up to gather information on the product and report it directly - I have not contacted the company. I felt that contacting someone who could rapidly get the product off the shelf was a better way Please contact me if you need further information

I woke up and had to use the restroom turned the door knob and heard a weird click and the door would not open...tried the key and it was not locked. tried to turn it anyway i could and the door would no open....THANKFULLY i had my [REDACTED] knife and jammed it into the space between the door and the jam and managed to get the latch far enough back out of the strike plate to open the door....Think about this if you have an Emergency or a fire in your house before you buy this. I opened the assembly up and found the problem. The piece that broke is stamped junk metal and they create a divot in the metal to bend the tab up during manufacturing...that is a failure point on the highest stress point in the whole assembly.

This is the product: http://www.hobbylobby.com/Home-Decor-%26-Frames/Decorative-Accessories/Knobs-%26-Pulls/Clear-Glass-Skull-Knob/p/145829 In the span of 12 hours, 2 glass skull knobs (purchased from Hobby Lobby) broke while in use. The first broke while I pulled the knob (attached to a bathroom vanity) to open the drawer. The knob broke away from the base, cutting my right thumb and index finger. The second knob broke later the same day when my 3 year old son decided (unwisely) to use it to boost himself up to the sink. That knob broke off at the base, and the jagged edge produced a very deep laceration to the bottom of his second toe, which resulted in a trip to the ER, where the doctor had to use dermabond (in lieu of stitches, due to the location) to seal the cut and my son is in a splint for 2 weeks to make sure the wound stays closed. I returned the knobs to the store and explained what happened. The clerk did not seem to understand that I am concerned that these knobs pose a danger, and wanted to know if I wanted 2 new ones. I declined, and I was refunded the cost of the knobs.

I wanted to report the "Especially for Baby Slide Lock" sold at Babies R Us. These are slide locks for the cabinet that go over the knobs of two cabinets to keep a child out. Any pressure put on the center piece that is supposed to lock along the slides, will move it down the slides, without having to push the "safety lock". I believe that the lock does not engage on the teeth that are supposed to keep it from moving unless you press the center button. My child pulled on the doors of the cabinet and the center lock slid down the slides allowing the doors of the cabinet to open and giving her access to the cabinet filled with chemicals. I am not the first parent to experience this - there are multiple reviews that state the same thing: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3505925#showReviews Use of this lock made me feel safe that my child did not have access to dangerous household chemicals. I would rather have nothing so that I always watch my child than have this, where I might not watch her as carefully but she still has access to the cabinet. This is a safety nightmare waiting to happen, it gives parents a fals sense of security.

My child is 2 years old and can open the Safety 1st Push 'n Snap Cabinet Lock. She has accessed chemicals, medicine, ect. We are very fortunate that we have been able to get to her before she has done any harm to herself. This is almost an everyday occasion. I have the same model that has already been recalled, however mine was manufactured at a later date. This model and date NEEDS to be included in the recall.

This is the second such occasion that one of our door knobs (sold on Amazon as "Probrico Privacy Door Knob with Lock") has had the latch mechanism fail internally. The lock is unlocked and the door knob turns, but the latch will not retract leaving you stuck outside of a room. No injuries occurred, but it's easy to think what could happen if you get trapped on the other side of a door from your child or if there is a fire, or if you simply aren't strong enough to break the door handle off to escape.

I have a Kwikset deadbolt that has on at least two occasions now captured the key in the locked position and disabled the lock being opened from inside without removing the entire lock from the door. If this happened in an emergency and there were no other viable exists it could be disastrous.