Posted on Mon, Nov 23, 2009 : 8:16 p.m.
2.1 million Stork Craft cribs recalled after four deaths
By Jen Eyer
From ConsumerReports:
Four babies have died and 35 others have been entrapped or injured in one of the 2.1 million Stork Craft cribs recalled today, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced. Almost 150,000 of the cribs carry the Fisher-Price logo. The recall involves 1,213,000 drop-side cribs sold in the U.S. and 968,000 sold in Canada over the past 16 years.The CPSC and Health Canada are aware of 110 incidents in which the drop-side of a Stork Craft crib detached. Of those, 15 were entrapments in which four children died of suffocation.
The article has an accompanying photo that shows how the infants were entrapped. Consumer Reports strongly recommends that parents stop using the cribs immediately.
Here's the info sheet from the CPSC, and from Stork Craft.
Comments
SooperSean
Sat, Dec 5, 2009 : 1:25 a.m.
It's tragic for even one child to have died from a defective crib and my heart goes out to those families. How awful. But because it's such a small percentage of children who have been killed, I think most people would consider it reasonably safe. In fact, it would be impossible for my child to be harmed in this way.