Residential hydraulic elevators
Description: 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. [Learn More]
About 240 units were affected by this recall.
Child’s Catastrophic Brain Injury Prompts Recall of Residential Elevators Sold Exclusively by Coastal Carolina Elevators Due to Crushing Hazard
Coastal Carolina residential elevator.
Residential hydraulic elevators Recall Information
| Country of Origin | Canada |
| Recall Date | 03/19/2015 |
| Recall ID | 1938 |
| Recall Number | 15102 |
| Product Type | Elevators |
| Hazard | The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard. |
| Injuries | Coastal Carolina Elevators has received three reports of incidents with the elevators, including one injury that resulted in a catastrophic brain injury to a 10-year-old boy from Baltimore, Md. |
| Remedy | Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled elevators and contact Coastal Carolina Elevator for a free repair. |
| Remedy Option | Repair |
| Contact | Coastal Carolina Elevators collect at (843) 399-6545 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or at www.coastalcarolinaelevators.com and click on the Recall tab at the top of the page (effective April 6, 2015). |
| Last Updated | 03/19/2015 |
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