Little River, SC | Coastal Carolina Elevators manufactrued by Cambridge Elevating of Canada is recalling approximately 240 of its elevators in response to a catastrophic brain injury to a 10-year-old boy from Baltimore, Md. and two other reports of incidents.

MANUFACTURER  | Cambridge Elevating 

PRODUCT NAME | Elmira Hydraulic residential hydraulic elevators

Coastal Carolina residential elevator

DISTRIBUTOR | Coastal Carolina Elevators LLC, formerly Seaside Elevator LLC.

SOLD AT  | Coastal Carolina Elevators through residential contractors and home builders, including DRHorton, in South Carolina from January 2006 through December 2009 for between $16,000 and $25,000.

CONSUMER CONTACT | Coastal Carolina Elevators collect at (843) 399-6545 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or atwww.coastalcarolinaelevators.com and click on the Recall tab at the top of the page (effective April 6, 2015).

THE HAZARD |   The elevator can operate while the gate door is open, posing a crushing hazard.

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