Feb 6, 2007 6:12 pm US/Eastern
Minn. Girl Burned By Easy-Bake Oven
Prior Lake, Minn. (CBS) ―
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About 985,000 Easy-Bake Ovens have been recalled due to potential entrapment or burn hazard.
CBS
Toymaker Hasbro is recalling nearly 1 million Easy-Bake Ovens, because nearly 30 children have been hurt by them, including a Twin Cities, Minn. girl.
Alex Grundhoffer was operating the toy so that his daughter could watch, but when he looked away from the oven for a moment, his daughter was burned.
"By the time I turned my head around, she was screaming and she had her hand stuck in there," said Grundhoffer. "So she couldn't extract it herself so I actually put one hand on the oven and one hand on her wrist and pulled her hand back out of it."
Andy, 4, suffered second-degree burns and possible third-degree burns.
"That could be where the third-degree was and they are watching it to make sure that she has full range of motion, so that's kind of a troubling spot right now," said Shannon Onovern, as she looked over her daughter's fingers.
Photos show large blisters, redness and torn skin on Andy's fingers. Four other children nationwide have also been burned.
"The children that have been burned were significantly under the age grade for the product," said Gail Carvelli, a Hasbro spokesperson, responding to the recall. "The product is age graded 8 and up and it's marked on the box."
The box also warns that the toy can cause burns, but nowhere on the packaging does it say the toy can reach up to 350-degrees -- similar to the heat of your household oven.
Andy's family said a flap inside the toy catches and that's what trapped Andy's hand. It's changed the way they look at all toys.
"I don't know that we'll get anything that plugs in anymore," said Onovern.
The Grundhoffers are considering a lawsuit against Hasbro to help pay for their medical bills.
Only ovens sold since last May are included in this recall.
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