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NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
| Office of Information and Public Affairs |
Washington, DC 20207 |
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
CONTACT: Ken Giles |
| January 16, 1997 |
(301) 504-7052 |
| Release # 97-059 |
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CPSC and Sta-Rite Industries Announce Pool Fittings Recall
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), Sta-Rite Industries Inc. of Delavan, Wis., is announcing a recall to retrofit
model 08417 floor inlet fittings in gunnite and concrete pools and spas. Over 135,000
model 08417 floor inlet fittings have been manufactured for use in these pools and spas
during the past 25 years. This inlet fitting is not used in above ground or vinyl-lined
pools.
Sta-Rite's model 08417 floor inlet fitting is designed to be used to cover pipes carrying
water into a pool or spa. When the inlet fitting is improperly installed as an equalizer
or suction fitting to cover pipes carrying water out of a pool or spa, a bather's hair may
be drawn toward the cover and become entangled in the fitting, holding the bather's head
under water.
Sta-Rite is aware of two drownings resulting from hair getting trapped in the inlet
fitting that was used on an equalizer pipe line in a swimming pool and a spa.
 
Consumers should check with their pool or spa contractor to determine whether this floor
inlet fitting is installed in their gunnite or concrete pools and spas. If the floor inlet
fitting is installed as an equalizer or suction fitting, call Sta-Rite toll-free at
1-(888)-446-8285 to receive a free replacement part.
In June 1996, Sta-Rite began asking pool operators, builders and, suppliers to inspect all
suction fittings installed in their pools and their customers' pools to determine whether
Sta-Rite's model 08417 floor inlet fitting was being used as an equalizer or suction
fitting.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of
injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. To
report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800)
638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270
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