The elevator can operate while the gate door is open
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Coastal Carolina Elevators of Little River, S.C., is recalling about 240 residential hydraulic elevators.
The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.
The company has received 3 reports of incidents with the elevators, including a catastrophic brain injury to a 10-year-old boy from Baltimore, Md.
This recall involves Elmira Hydraulic residential hydraulic elevators. The elevators were installed in homes with multiple floors.
They have a manual accordion-style car gate door with vinyl laminate inserts and a control panel with up and down buttons, light switch, telephone, emergency stop button and power failure light.
“Cambridge Elevating” is printed on the elevator’s push button panel.
The elevators, manufactured in Canada, were sold through residential contractors and home builders, including DRHorton, in South Carolina from January 2006, through December 2009, for between $16,000 and $25,000.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Coastal Carolina Elevator for a free repair.
Consumers may contact Coastal Carolina Elevators collect at (843) 399-6545 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
