Popular Croc Shoes Dangerous?

Carmen Contos
I'm sure you or someone you know own a pair of the popular soft resin shoe such as the Croc. Maybe even one of your children own a pair. According to Sarah Karush a publisher for The Associated Press, "reports at rail stations and shopping malls are popping up claiming that children who are wearing the popular soft resin shoe have been getting caught in the metal teeth in the escalators".

Washington Metro has posted signs warning parents of the dangers of wearing the clogs while riding the escalators.

Reports of the Croc problem have been popping up all over the world, from America to Singapore to Japan. Karush reports that the soft shoe may get caught on the teeth of the escalator, the side of the escalators and the cracks between two steps. Most of the injuries have happened to younger children says Karush.
During the past two years, so-called "shoe entrapments" in the Washington subway have gone from being relatively rare to happening four or five times a week in the summer says Karush.

Basically, if you or your child is wearing a pair of Crocs, be sure to take the elevator instead of the escalator, this should insure that injuries will not happen.

Published by Carmen Contos

I was born in Fort Myers Florida and have lived here my entire life. I have been married for 3 years. I have been working at a hair salon for six years, and also attend Edison College.  View profile

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  • G. Hanson2/23/2009

    These shoes are not only dangerous for children, they are dangerous for adults also!!!! No one wants to stand up to this company and make them responsible for their product. I have looked for an attorney for eighteen months, My two years will be up in August. I will go to Colorado and meet with the executives so they can actually see someone that has been injured by these shoes.

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