Recall Issued on Drain Cover
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The manufacturer of a widely used drain cover for pools, spas and hot tubs is recalling 206,000 of the 6-inch plastic disks after two drownings and one near-drowning were linked to the product.
The recall by Orange-based Hydro-Air Industries was announced Monday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. It comes less than two weeks after a Houston woman filed suit in Orange County Superior Court after the 1996 drowning of her 12-year-old daughter, whose hair became entangled in the drain cover of a spa at her grandparent’s Huntington Beach home.
Dave Allen, vice president of marketing for Hydro-Air, said the company has been making the drain cover since 1980 and that it wasn’t until last year that it received notification of a problem with the design.
The recall involves Hydro-Air’s model 10-6200 drain cover.
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