Democrats seek information on the role of Trump appointee in agency’s probe into BOB jogging strollers.
By Todd C. Frankel Todd C. Frankel Enterprise reporter on The Washington Post's Financial desk covering people and policy Email Bio Follow April 3 at 8:49 PM Two Democratic senators said Wednesday they plan to seek documents from the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s acting chairwoman about her role in the agency’s safety investigations after a Washington Post story detailed how regulators backed off from a threat to recall a popular jogging stroller despite hundreds of accidents.
Buerkle was chairwoman — responsible for running the agency — when agency staff first pushed to recall the three-wheeled BOB jogging stroller in early 2017. Staff pointed to problems with the stroller’s front wheel attachment as the likely cause behind consumer-submitted reports of injuries to nearly 100 adults and children, including broken bones and facial lacerations. Staff worried the crashes could cause potentially life-threatening injuries, according to The Post article.
“The safety agenda of this important agency has remained the same — to seek the best solution in the shortest amount of time to help prevent unreasonable risks of harm to consumers,” she said. “Any attempt by individuals to spin the story otherwise is misleading and a disservice to our agency experts and all their efforts to find a solution that would improve consumer safety as quickly as possible.
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