Federal Regulators Recall 138,000 Toddler Kitchen Towers Because a Child’s Torso Can Fit Through the Side Openings

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According to the agency, the towers can collapse or tip over during use, and a child’s torso can pass through the openings on the front and back panels.

That second detail is what separates these notices from a routine stability recall. An opening wide enough for a torso but not a head is the geometry that produces entrapment, and the agency’s notices describe a risk of serious injury and death from tip-over, fall and entrapment hazards combined.

No deaths have been reported in connection with any of the three recalls. Across all three, companies reported 25 incidents of instability, collapse or tipping, and 17 injuries described as scrapes, cuts and bruises. Every affected household has the same immediate instruction: stop using the tower and store it away from children.

The largest of the three actions covers about 91,000 Woodure-branded tower kitchen step stools, models WD1764, WD1357 and WD1720. The model number is engraved on the underside of the bottom step, which is the only reliable way to identify one that has lost its packaging. They sold on Amazon from July 2024 through June 2026 for $60 to $100. The importer reported 22 incidents of instability or tip-over, including 15 injuries.

The second notice covers 47,166 HARPPA Nordi foldable toddler towers, model HANS0002, printed on a label under the platform. These sold on Harppababy.com and Amazon from September 2023 through June 2026 for about $130. HARPPA, based in Denver, reported three collapse or tip-over incidents and two injuries.

The third and smallest action covers 105 Mangohood Direct kids kitchen standing towers, model LT003, sold on Amazon from July 2025 through March 2026 for $57 to $67. No incidents were reported for that model. All three products were manufactured in China.

These are not isolated notices. Toddler towers, also marketed as learning towers, helper towers or kitchen step stools, have generated a run of federal recalls this year. A Consumer Reports investigation into the category counted more than 400,000 units recalled across multiple brands, and reported that CPSC notices in this category have cited 141 safety incidents and 54 injuries.

The July 30 notices arrived alongside a separate recall of Boon PIVOT collapsible toddler towers sold at Target.com, Amazon and Babylist.com, in which the manufacturer reported 11 incidents of instability and no injuries.

For parents, the practical implication is that brand recognition is a poor safety filter here. The defect being cited repeatedly is structural, not a bad batch, and it appears across price points from under $60 to about $150. Searching the CPSC recall database by product type rather than brand name will surface the cluster; searching a half-remembered brand will not.

All three of the July 30 recalls offer repair rather than a refund. Woodure and HARPPA are mailing free kits containing protective nets, stabilizing feet and installation instructions. Mangohood is mailing stabilizing feet and instructions at no charge.

Protective netting is the component that addresses the entrapment pathway by closing the side openings. Stabilizing feet address the tip-over pathway. Households that install only part of a kit are addressing only part of the hazard.

The remedy structure carries a practical consequence worth naming. A repair-only remedy means the product stays in the home while the family waits for a kit to arrive. The recall notices are explicit that the tower should be stored away from children during that interval, not simply used more carefully.

Federal law prohibits selling or reselling a recalled product. That covers resale listings, consignment sales and secondhand marketplaces, and it is the most common way a recalled item reaches a second household.

The risk is not evenly spread across households. These towers exist to place a child at counter height next to a working stove, hot pans, knives and boiling water. A collapse in that setting is not simply a fall from 35 inches.

Children young enough to use a tower, roughly ages 18 months through 5 years, are also the group least able to free themselves from an entrapment or brace during a tip-over. Older siblings climbing on a tower designed for a toddler add load the frame was not rated for.

Households where the tower sits on a hard tile or stone floor, or near a range, face a worse outcome from the same failure than households with the tower on a cushioned surface away from heat.

Caregivers should watch for injuries that are not obviously severe at first. A child who has fallen and then develops persistent vomiting, unusual drowsiness, confusion, a worsening headache, or who loses consciousness even briefly, needs prompt medical evaluation. Any child found entrapped in a product opening, or who has difficulty breathing, requires emergency care. This article is general information and not a diagnosis.

The first step is identifying whether the tower in the kitchen is one of the recalled models. Check the underside of the bottom step for a Woodure model number, the underside of the platform for the HARPPA label, or the side label for Mangohood LT003. Amazon order history is the fastest path for households that no longer have packaging, since all three products sold primarily through that channel.

Households with a recalled model should contact the company listed in the CPSC notice for a free kit, and store the tower out of reach until the repair is installed. Families with a toddler tower from another brand can search the CPSC database by product type to check whether their model has been included in a separate action.

Incidents with any product, recalled or not, can be reported through SaferProducts.gov. Those reports are the mechanism that produced these three recalls in the first place, and they are how the agency identifies patterns before a fatality occurs.

MedicalDaily will report any expansion of these recalls, additional brands added to the category, or any incident reports involving serious injury.

Which towers are recalled? Woodure models WD1764, WD1357 and WD1720; HARPPA Nordi model HANS0002; and Mangohood Direct model LT003. Together they total 138,271 units.

What is the hazard? CPSC says the towers can collapse or tip over during use, and a child’s torso can fit through openings on the front and back sides, creating tip-over, fall and entrapment risks.

Have children been hurt? Across the three recalls, companies reported 25 incidents and 17 injuries described as scrapes, cuts and bruises. No deaths have been reported.

Can I get my money back? No. All three companies are offering free repair kits, not refunds. Contact information appears in each CPSC recall notice.

Can I keep using it carefully until the kit arrives? CPSC says to stop using the tower immediately and store it away from children until it is repaired.

Where do I find the model number? On the underside of the bottom step for Woodure, on a label under the platform for HARPPA, and on a side label for Mangohood.

Can I sell or donate it? No. Federal law prohibits selling products subject to a recall, including resale listings and secondhand sales.