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Target Expands Recall of Child Booster Seats Following Additional Reports of Falls

Name of Product: Circo Child Booster Seats

Units: About 375,000 (43,000 additional booster seats were recalled in August 2009)

Importer: Target, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Hazard: The booster seat’s restraint buckle can open unexpectedly, allowing a child to fall from the chair and be injured.

Incidents/Injuries: Target has received 10 additional reports of booster seat [...]

Kristi G, SwimWays Corporation Recall Child Chairs Due To Fall Hazard

Name of Product: Kristi G Go & Grow Chair

Units: About 5,200

Distributor: Kristi G Company, of Atlanta, and SwimWays Corp., of Virginia Beach, Va.

Hazard: The chair can tip over, posing a fall hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: SwimWays Corp. has received eight reports of the chairs tipping over. In two of the reports, children received [...]

PBteen Recalls to Repair Sleep and Study Loft Beds Due to Fall and Injury Hazards

This bed is so pretty – too bad it’s also hazardous.

 

Name of Product: PBteen Sleep and Study Loft Beds

Units: About 5,900

Importer: PBteen a division of Williams-Sonoma Inc., of San Francisco, Calif.

Hazard: The side rail on the bed can crack allowing the mattress support to collapse, posing a fall and injury hazard [...]

Pottery Barn Kids Recalls to Repair Madeline Bunk Beds Due to Entrapment Hazard

Name of Product: Bunk Beds

Units: About 405

Importer/ Distributor: Pottery Barn Kids, a division of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif.

Hazard: The end structure of the bunk bed can pose an entrapment hazard to young children, a violation of the Safety Standard for Entrapment Hazards in Bunk Beds, 16 C.F.R. Part 1513. [...]

Bayside Furnishings Recalls to Repair Youth Beds Sold at Costco Due to Entrapment Hazard

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 [...]

Big Lots Stores, Inc. Recalls to Repair Bunk Beds Due to Collapse and Fall Hazards

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 [...]

The Tipping Point: CPSC Urges Parents to Inspect and Secure TVs, Furniture, and Appliances to Prevent Tip-Over Deaths and Injuries

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 [...]

Target Recalls Circo Booster Seats Due to Fall Hazard

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 [...]

Baby Hammocks Recalled by Kaplan Early Learning Due to Fall and Strangulation Hazards

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 [...]

Stork Craft Recalls More Than 500,000 Cribs; Mattress Support Bracket Failures Create Risk of Entrapment and Suffocation

Name of Product:

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 [...]

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