More than two million drop-side cribs made by Stork Craft, a crib manufacturer based in Canada, are being recalled due to suffocation danger to infants and toddlers.
The recall comes after a number of deaths and serious injuries have been linked to the drop-side cribs, which have a side that moves up and down and can easily be separated from one or more corners, trapping the child between the mattress and the side railing. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 110 incidents have occurred in the United States and Canada, resulting in the death of four babies between six and nine months old. Another 20 babies have fallen from their cribs after the drop-side detached completely.
The defect is being blamed on faulty hardware manufactured by Stork Craft, and assembly mistakes by the crib owners.
Parents are being urged to immediately stop using the drop-side cribs and contact Stork Craft to receive a free repair kit that will help convert the drop-side to a fixed side.
The recall involves more than one million cribs in the United States and another million in Canada. Stork Craft Cribs, manufactured for more than 15 years, is one of the most popular brand names in baby cribs, sold by some of the country’s biggest retailers.
In the wake of the massive crib recall, the CPSC is now considering banning all cribs that have a drop-side. However, this is not the first recall of baby cribs; another five million have been recalled over the past two years, about half a million of which also were manufactured by Stork Craft.
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For additional information, please visit the CPSC website.
