Feb 9, 2006 5:57 pm US/Eastern
Infant's Death Prompts New Crib Recall Notice
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3-in-1 Simplicity Crib with Graco logo, model number 8740KCW SC and serial number 2803 SC (made the 28th week of 2003) to 1605 SC (made the 16th week of 2005)
CBS 13
The death of an infant has renewed the search for a crib that was recalled last year. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled the 3-in-1 Simplicity Cribs with Graco Logo in December. But the recent death of a 19-month-old Oregon baby has prompted another recall notice.
The child died on January 6, 2006, after two of the mattress support slats came out of his recalled crib. He became entrapped between the mattress and the footboard of the crib and suffocated.
About 104,000 Aspen 3-in-1 cribs have been recalled due to the suffocation hazard the wooden cribs' mattresses pose to young children.
The cribs, sold under the Graco trademark and manufactured by Simplicity Inc., have screws on the wooden mattress support that can come loose, allowing a portion of the mattress to fall and pose a suffocation hazard. The company has received 14 reports of screws becoming loose, including eight incidents of trapped children. Five injuries to children, including scratches and bruises to the head and face, have been reported. One child was reported to have turned blue.
The recalled cribs have a model number 8740KCWSC, which is printed on an envelope attached to the mattress support. Only specific cribs manufactured between July 2003 through April 2005 are recalled.
Department stores and children's product stores sold the product nationwide from August 2003 through May 2005.
For additional information, consumers should contact the company at 800-784-1982 or visit
www.simplicityforchildren.com. Pictures of the crib and additional recall information can be found at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.
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