Why has the Simplicity drop side crib being recalled yet again?
For the third time in two years, hundreds of thousands of drop-side cribs distributed by Simplicity Inc. and sold under its name have been recalled for posing an entrapment or suffocation hazard for small children. Crib03 About 400,000 Simplicity drop-side cribs were recalled today by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children can become trapped or suffocate between the side of the crib and the mattress after hardware breaks or deforms in the bed, causing the drop side to detach and create a gap that babies can fall into, the commission said in the recall statement. In 2007, Simplicity, which imported the cribs from China, reported the death of an 8-month-old child who suffocated after the hardware on the child’s crib broke and the child fell into a gap, the statement said. Simplicity drop-side cribs continued to pose similar hazards. Last September, about 600,000 Simplicity drop-side cribs with similar defects were recalled. In 2007, another million Simplicity drop-side cribs we
For the third time in two years, hundreds of thousands of drop-side cribs distributed by Simplicity Inc. and sold under its name have been recalled for posing an entrapment or suffocation hazard for small children. Crib03 About 400,000 Simplicity drop-side cribs were recalled today by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children can become trapped or suffocate between the side of the crib and the mattress after hardware breaks or deforms in the bed, causing the drop side to detach and create a gap that babies can fall into, the commission said in the recall statement.
The Simplicity drop side crib’s plastic hardware can break or deform, causing the drop side to detatch. When the drop side detaches, it creates space between the drop side and the crib mattress Infants and toddlers can roll into this space and become entrapped which can lead to suffocation. Sources: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09260.
For the third time in two years, hundreds of thousands of drop-side cribs distributed by Simplicity Inc. and sold under its name have been recalled for posing an entrapment or suffocation hazard for small children. Crib03 About 400,000 Simplicity drop-side cribs were recalled today by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Children can become trapped or suffocate between the side of the crib and the mattress after hardware breaks or deforms in the bed, causing the drop side to detach and create a gap that babies can fall into, the commission said in the recall statement. In 2007, Simplicity, which imported the cribs from China, reported the death of an 8-month-old child who suffocated after the hardware on the child’s crib broke and the child fell into a gap, the statement said. Simplicity drop-side cribs continued to pose similar hazards. Last September, about 600,000 Simplicity drop-side cribs with similar defects were recalled. In 2007, another million Simplicity drop-side cribs we
