Product Recall: Simplicty Cribs

Published: September 22, 2007, 5:04 am

Tags: crib, crib deaths, crib recall, cribdeaths, cribrecall, graco recall, gracorecall, simplicity crib recall, simplicitycribrecall

Filed under: Baby furniture, Children's furniture, Cribs and cradles, BedsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a voluntary recall of about 1 million Simplicity Cribs due to hardware failures and a design that allows consumers to unintentionally install the drop-side upside down. When installed upside-down, the hardware can weaken and the drop-side can detach from the crib, creating a gap in which an infant can become trapped and suffocate. Two deaths have been attributed to the cribs with the older style hardware where the drop-side was installed upside down. There has also been seven non-fatal entrapments and 55 additional incidents in these cribs.CPCS is also investigating the death of a one-year-old child in a Simplicity crib with newer style hardware in which the drop-side was installed upside down. In addition, there has been two incidents where the drop-side was installed correctly with the older style hardware.The recalled Simplicity crib models

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