Simplicity Recall Models After One Death And Other Incidents
July 10, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) According to reports the Simplicity cribs that have been voluntarily recalled by the Chinese company that manufactures the cribs comes after at least one reported death.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has stated there is a voluntary recall of the Simplicity crib models: 8050, 8325, 8620, 8745, 8748, 8755, 8756, 8765, 8778, 8810, 8994, 8995, and 8996.
These models according to the U.S. Product Safety Commission have a danger of suffocation to infants. The hardware on the drop side deforms or breaks leaving a gap where the infant can become trapped against the mattress and suffocate.
The cribs are sold at department stores, children’s stores and mass merchandisers nationwide. They have been sold between January of 2005 and through June of 2009, ranging in price between $150 and $300 according to the U.S. Product Safety Commission. They state that owners of the cribs should immediately stop using them and return them to the place they were purchased for a full refund or store credit.
There have been reports of the death of an 8-month-old infant from Houston Texas that became trapped and suffocated. There have also been two other reports of infants becoming trapped, but were found prior to suffocating. There have also been at least 25 reports of incidences that involved the drop side detaching from the crib.
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