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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (11810)	4/19/2008 11:33:24 AM
From: Smiling Bob	Respond to of 19256

METI asks Crocs to improve plastic shoes in wake of escalator accidents Saturday 19th April, 05:35 AM JST TOKYO — The industry ministry said Friday it has asked Crocs Inc of the United States to improve the structure and material of its lightweight plastic shoes to prevent them from possibly getting stuck in escalators. The request follows the finding that there were 65 cases in which shoes became stuck in escalators between last June and November, with lightweight plastic shoes involved in 33 of them, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. Although Crocs is one of several manufacturers whose plastic shoes were among the cases, METI disclosed the company’s name as a child wearing Crocs-made shoes suffered a toe fracture in an accident last August. Many of the accidents, which took place in Tokyo, Kanagawa and 11 other prefectures, involved small children. Some 3.9 million pairs of Crocs-made plastic shoes were sold in Japan last year. The Japanese unit of Crocs said the U.S. parent has already begun improving its products, adding it will thoroughly provide safety information to consumers at retail outlets. © 2008 Kyodo News. All rights reserved. No reproduction or republication without written permission.