Name of Product: “Pirates of the Caribbean” Twin Trundle Beds
Units: About 2,000
Distributor: Bayside Furnishings (a division of Whalen), of San Diego, Calif.
Hazard: The headboard has a storage bin that poses an entrapment hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC received one report of a 4 year-old boy whose head became entrapped in the opening of the storage [...]
Name of Product: Wooden Bunk Beds
Units: About 20,000
Importer: Big Lots Stores, Inc., of Columbus, Ohio
Hazard: The bunk beds’ mattress support slats and side support railings can break, posing a risk of the bunk bed collapsing and a fall hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: Big Lots has received 14 reports of the recalled bunk beds’ support slats cracking [...]
For young children, the home is a playground, and while many parents childproof to ensure that their home is a safe place, some may not be aware that unsecured TVs, furniture and appliances are hidden hazards lurking in every room. Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents once again to take [...]
Name of Product: Circo Booster Seats
Units: About 43,000
Importer: Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.
Hazard: The booster seat restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured.
Incidents/Injuries: Target has received eight reports of the booster seat buckles opening unexpectedly, including three reports of bruises.
Description: This recall involves Circo booster seats with [...]
La Siesta Yayita Baby Hammocks
Name of Product: La Siesta Yayita Baby Hammocks
Units: About 200 (Related recalls have been issued: #08-604 and #09-760)
Distributor: Kaplan Early Learning Company, of Lewisville, N.C.
Hazard: The hammock can flip over, posing a serious fall hazard and strangulation hazard to infants who become entrapped in the seat’s restraint straps while upside [...]
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Stork Craft Baby Cribs
Units: About 535,000 (including 92,000 with the Fisher-Price logo)
Manufacturer: Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc., of British Columbia, Canada
Hazard: The metal support brackets used to support the crib mattress and mattress board can crack and break. When one or more support brackets break, the mattress can collapse and create a dangerous gap [...]
Name of Product: Jardine Cribs
Units: About 56,450 (320,000 units were previously recalled in June 2008)
Manufacturer: Jardine Enterprises, of Taipei, Taiwan
Hazard: The wooden crib slats can break, creating a gap, which can pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers.
Incidents/Injuries: CPSC has received 19 additional incidents of crib slats breaking. In nine of these [...]