Crib Recall

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I know several of us here have infants and toddlers that are probably in cribs. My daughter's crib is part of the recall. I just sent for the replacement part to fix it since I don't see her transitioning to a bed anytime too soon.

Seven Manufacturers Announce Recalls to Repair Cribs to Address Entrapment, Suffocation and Fall Hazards: Industry Launches New Initiative to Secure Drop Sides with Free Immobilization Devices

Seven Manufacturers Announce Recalls to Repair Cribs to Address Entrapment, Suffocation and Fall Hazards
Industry Launches New Initiative to Secure Drop Sides with Free Immobilization Devices

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), with the cooperation of seven firms, is announcing voluntary recalls of more than two million cribs to address drop-side hazards and other hazards that affect the safety of young children. The recalling firms are providing consumers with free repair kits to immobilize the drop sides or other remedies. Do not attempt to fix these cribs with homemade remedies.

The drop-side and fixed-side crib recalls announced today are of units manufactured between 2000 and 2009 by the companies listed below. Consumers should contact these firms directly for the appropriate remedy:

* Child Craft, (this firm is out of business): Fixed-Side | Drop-Side


* Delta Enterprise Corp., of New York, N.Y.


* Evenflo, of Miamisburg, Ohio


* Jardine Enterprises, of Taipei, Taiwan


* LaJobi, of Cranbury, N.J.


* Million Dollar Baby, of Montebello, Calif.


* Simmons Juvenile Products Inc. (SJP), of New London, Wis.


"Cribs should be the safest place in the home for infants and toddlers," said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. "CPSC is committed to addressing the hazards with cribs and to restoring parents’ confidence that their child will have a safe sleep."

CPSC continues to actively investigate various cribs for potential drop-side and other hazards as part of a larger effort by the agency to rid the marketplace and homes of unsafe cribs. CPSC staff is also working on a new mandatory standard to make cribs safer, which is targeted for completion in 2010.

The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) has also launched a new crib safety initiative. The listed manufacturers are providing free drop-side crib immobilization kits to prevent the drop side from detaching, plus replacement hardware and assembly instructions for cribs manufactured by participating firms. These materials are available free to any consumer by request.

The firms involved in today’s recalls are providing immobilization devices or other remedies as part of JPMA’s crib safety initiative. Consumers can visit JPMA’s website, Welcome | JPMA Crib Safety, for a list of participating manufacturers and for downloadable materials about ensuring that children have a safe sleep.

The immobilization devices, which will be available in the next few weeks, should be attached to keep the drop side from detaching from the cribs. Immobilization devices are not a solution for cribs with broken or damaged drop-side hardware. If your drop-side hardware is broken, contact the manufacturer for an alternative remedy.

CPSC issued a warning last month alerting parents and caregivers that there can be deadly hazards associated with drop-side cribs. Nine million drop-side cribs have been recalled over the past five years. CPSC staff has determined drop-side cribs generally have a tendency to be less structurally sound than cribs with four fixed sides.

Drop-side crib incidents can also occur due to incorrect assembly or age-related wear and tear. Age is a factor in the safety of any crib. At a minimum, CPSC staff recommends that you not use a crib that is older than 10 years. Many older cribs do not meet current voluntary standards and can have numerous safety problems.
Important Message from CPSC:

The safest place for your baby to sleep is in a crib or bassinet depending on their age. If your crib has been recalled or it has missing, broken or loose parts, find an alternate safe sleep environment intended for a baby. If your baby is less than six months old and is not yet able to push up to his/her hands and knees, you can put your baby to sleep in a bassinet. Make sure your bassinet has not been recalled. Here’s a list. Also, you can use a play yard.

Do not put additional bedding such as pillows, thick quilts, comforters or anything plush into your baby’s sleeping space. More babies die every year from suffocation in plush sleeping environments than from defective cribs. Always place your baby on his or her back to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Visit CPSC's Crib Information Center for more information on Crib Safety and Recalls.

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CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (301) 595-7054. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at CPSC Home Page.
 

Dave

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When I was a kid we were just placed in baskets and floated down rivers to the Pharaoh's palace. AND WE LIKED IT!
 
When I was a kid we were just placed in baskets and floated down rivers to the Pharaoh's palace. AND WE LIKED IT!

Oh come one stop lying about your age. We all know you are far older than that. In fact you are so old your parents told you that the pterodactyl brought you.
 
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Chazwozel

When I was a kid we were just placed in baskets and floated down rivers to the Pharaoh's palace. AND WE LIKED IT!

Dude, you weren't even a kid. God slapped you together with some wet sand and mud.
 
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Chazwozel

WTF? Cribs? I always assumed to put the kids in the oven... hmm...
 
Our crib got recalled a while ago, seems that if you continuously place several hundred pounds on it the holding brackets can weaken and break suddenly.

Mind you, that may end up being a problem with my little guy, I swear he would eat a tree if he could. I fear for his teenage years, I may end up buying a milk farm as a cost savings measure.
 
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Cobra Star

Thanks for that WS, my sister is having a baby soon, so I'll pass the word along.
 
I love how that warning takes so much space to say nothing about what the problem is or how many incidents have occurred. We used an old crib with my daughter, never had a problem, makes me wonder how poorly made the newer cribs are. Our families just use the same cribs over and over, passing them from new mom to new mom, only thing that's been replaced is the mattress. I think that the crib we used is now over 30 years old and in use at one of the cousin's houses.
 
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