CPSC: Infants Strangled to Death in Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 Convertible “Close-Sleeper” Models
CPSC
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
is urging parents and caregivers to stop using convertible
“close-sleeper/bedside sleeper” bassinets manufactured by
Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. CPSC has learned that on August 21,
2008, a 5-month-old girl from Shawnee, Kan. was strangled to death
when she became entrapped between the bassinet’s metal bars. This is
the second strangulation death CPSC has learned of in the co-sleeper
bassinets. On September 29, 2007, a 4-month-old girl from Noel, Mo.
became entrapped in the metal bars of the bassinet and died.
CPSC is issuing this safety alert because SFCA Inc., the company which purchased all of Simplicity Inc.’s assets at public auction in April 2008, has refused to cooperate with the government and recall the products. SFCA maintains that it is not responsible for products previously manufactured by Simplicity Inc. The Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets contain metal bars spaced farther apart than 2 3/8 inches, which is the maximum distance allowed under the federal crib safety standard. The metal bars are covered by an adjustable fabric flap which is attached by velcro. The fabric is folded down when the bassinet is converted into a bed-side co-sleeping position. If the velcro is not properly re-secured when the flap is adjusted, an infant can slip through the opening and become entrapped in the metal bars and suffocate. This warning does not cover bassinets produced in recent months that have fabric permanently attached over the lower bar.
Due to the serious hazard these bassinets pose to babies, CPSC urges all consumers to share this safety warning with day care centers, consignment stores, family and friends to ensure that no child is placed to sleep in a Simplicity convertible bassinet covered by this warning. The Commission voted, using its new authorities in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, to release this warning upon making a finding that the health and safety of the public require immediate notice.
To see this release on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled product, please go to: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08378.html
This news arrived on: 08/30/2008
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Posted Comments:
09-28-2008 07:49
wrote:
Interesting post..
thank you, man
09-22-2008 17:11
wrote:
Cool post!
thats it, brother
09-09-2008 19:07
nicole hatmaker wrote:
comment made by natalie baker
I just have one question for you... Do you stand by and watch your child while he/she is sleeping?
09-09-2008 14:17
Natalie Baker, Phx, Az wrote:
WHERE WERE THE CAREGIVERS
I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION"WHERE WERE THE PARENTS/CAREGIVERS OF THESE INFANTS AS THEY
STRANGLED THEMSELVES???
I dont agree that the manufacturer of the product be held responsible for the safety of
the person using that product.Anything has the
potential to be a danger if it isnt used prop-
erly. I think that if the product is purchased
it then becomes the sole responsibility of that person to use the product correctly exspecially
when a infant/child is involved!!!
SO DONT RECALL THE PRODUCT, RECALL THE PARENT/CAREGIVER!!!!
STRANGLED THEMSELVES???
I dont agree that the manufacturer of the product be held responsible for the safety of
the person using that product.Anything has the
potential to be a danger if it isnt used prop-
erly. I think that if the product is purchased
it then becomes the sole responsibility of that person to use the product correctly exspecially
when a infant/child is involved!!!
SO DONT RECALL THE PRODUCT, RECALL THE PARENT/CAREGIVER!!!!
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