Baby’s Death Prompts CPSC to Renew Search for Cribs

The recent death of an Oregon infant has motivated the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to step up its search for some 104,000 cribs originally recalled in December 2005.

The cribs are identified as Aspen 3 in 1 Cribs with Graco logos (details & photograph).

CPSC initiated the recall when it was found that screws on the cribs’ the wooden mattress supports can come loose, allowing a portion of the mattress to fall. This poses a suffocation hazard to young children who can slide down and become entrapped between the unsupported mattress and end of the crib.

The recalled cribs, manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading Pa., were sold in department and children’s product stores from August 2003 through May 2005 for about $130.

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2005 Bad Year for Consumer Safety, CPSC Reports