Cribs

The Land of Nod is recalling 300 drop-side cribs after receiving 13 reports that the crib hardware malfunctioned or failed. No injuries have been reported. The recall, the first in 2011 involving drop-side cribs, affects “Rosebud” cribs made by Status Furniture, which is no longer in business, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The [...]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission today unanimously approved a mandatory standard for cribs in an effort to dramatically reduce injuries, entrapments, and deaths that have been the basis for numerous recalls in the past several years involving millions of cribs. The new rule becomes effective in June 2011, and is structured in two phases. It [...]

About 90,000 Bassettbaby drop-side cribs sold since 2000 are being recalled because the drop-side can detach, posing a risk of entrapment, suffocation or strangulation to an infant. Eighteen incidents of drop-sides malfunctioning or detaching have been reported by the manufacturer, Bassett Furniture Industries, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. No injuries have been reported but [...]

About 34,000 cribs sold at Kmart are being recalled because the drop-side hardware could malfunction or detach, posing a risk of injury, entrapment, or suffocation. The manufacturer, Victory Land Group of Bartlett, IL, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have received 17 reports involving drop-side rail detachments. Three infants became entrapped, experiencing bruises and abrasions [...]

Angel Line is recalling about 3,400 drop-side cribs because the drop-side hardware could malfunction or detach, posing a risk of injury, entrapment, or suffocation. One incident involving a detachment was reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but no injuries occurred. The recall affects seven Longwood Forest models sold in four colors, all with plastic [...]