A 6-month-old baby boy from Tarzana, Calif. died of strangulation after his head was trapped between the seat and the tray of his Peg Perego stroller in 2004. Another baby, a 7-month-old girl from New York, N.Y., nearly strangled when her head became trapped between the seat and the tray of her stroller in [...]
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Name of Product: Rockland Furniture Drop-side Cribs Units: About 16,700 Manufacturer: Nan Far Woodworking Co. Ltd., of Taiwan Importer: J.C. Penney Purchasing Corp., of Plano, Texas Hazard: The cribs’ drop sides can malfunction, detach or otherwise fail, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position, creating a space into which an [...]  Tags: beds & cribs, Cottage, crib, Cribs, drop side cribs, drop-side, Drop-Side Crib and Changer, entrapment, entrapment hazard, fall hazard, J.C. Penney, JCPenney, jcpenney.com, Nan Far Woodworking, Nightingale, Renew, Rockland Furniture Drop-side Cribs, suffocation, suffocation hazard Category → Baby, Cribs, Entrapment, Fall, Suffocation  Leave a comment  Name of Product: Umbro Boys’ outerwear jackets Units: About 240 Manufacturer: Hong Kong Genexy Group Co. Ltd., of Hong Kong Distributor: Umbro USA, of Beaverton, Ore. Hazard: The boys’ jacket has a retractable elastic drawstring at the waist with a toggle that could become snagged or caught in small spaces or doorways, which poses [...] Name of Product: Blake Bed Frames Units: About 1,600 units Manufacturer: The Land of Nod, of Morton Grove, Ill. Hazard: A child’s torso can become lodged in the gap between the footboard’s top rail and the mattress, posing an entrapment hazard to the child. Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one report of a child [...] Tags: beds & cribs, Blake, entrapment, entrapment hazard, The Land of Nod Category → Entrapment, Furniture One comment Name of Product: Drop-side cribs Units: About 440 cribs Importer: Dutailier Group Inc., of Quebec, Canada Hazard: The slats on the drop side can detach from the top and bottom rails creating a space between the slats. An infant or toddler’s body can become entrapped in the space, which can lead to strangulation and/or [...] Tags: drop side cribs, Dutailier Group, entrapment hazard, fall hazard Category → Baby, Cribs, Entrapment, Fall Leave a comment Name of Products: Microfiber Glider Recliners with Ottomans and Leather Glider Recliners with Ottomans Units: About 375,000 Retailer: Big Lots, of Columbus, Ohio. Hazard: An exposed gap between the moving parts of the chair and the base framework can allow access to toddlers and infants, posing an entrapment hazard. In addition, other exposed moving [...] Tags: Big Lots, entrapment hazard, fingers, Glider Recliners with Ottomans, Leather, Microfiber, pinch hazard Category → Entrapment, Furniture, Household Items, Pinch Leave a comment Name of Product: Drop-Side Cribs Units: About 8,000 Importer: J. C. Penney Purchasing Corp., of Plano, Texas Manufacturer: Yu Wei Co. Ltd., of Taipei, Taiwan Hazard: The drop-side rails on the crib can malfunction, detach or unexpectedly fall down, causing part of the drop side to fall out of position. When this happens, a [...] Tags: beds & cribs, drop side cribs, entrapment hazard, J.C. Penney, JCPenney, jcpenney.com, Scroll Crib, suffocation hazard, Yu Wei Category → Cribs, Entrapment, JCPenney, Suffocation Leave a comment I used drop-side cribs with all of my kids. I guess I should count my blessings nothing ever happened, considering how many recalls there are of them.
Name of Product: Drop-side cribs Units: About 2,300; about 800 in Canada Manufacturer: Shermag Inc., of Quebec, Canada Hazard: The drop-side rail hardware [...] Tags: beds & cribs, City Lights, Dormez Vous, drop side cribs, entrapment hazard, Fairy Tales, fall hazard, Shermag, suffocation hazard, The Land of Nod Category → Baby, Cribs, Entrapment, Fall, Suffocation Leave a comment Drawstrings at Neck and Waist Present Strangulation Hazard and Other Dangers The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted (5-0) today to approve a new federal safety rule for drawstrings in children’s outerwear. The final rule designates children’s upper outerwear in sizes 2T through 12, with neck or hood drawstrings, and children’s upper outerwear [...] Children behind the futon or in the ladder area of the bunk bed can get entrapped when the futon and its metal frame are lowered from the seated to the flat position. This is what happened to a three-year old Burlington, Iowa boy who died when he became entrapped at the head and neck [...] Tags: beds & cribs, Big Lots, death reported, entrapment hazard, metal futon bunk beds Category → Big Lots, Entrapment, Furniture Leave a comment |
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