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CPSC, Simplicity Inc. Announce Recall of Graco Branded Aspen Cribs for Suffocation Risk

U.S. CPSCSuffocationFallsDec 21, 2005
Recalled Crib
Recalled Crib

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

The screws on the wooden mattress support can come loose, allowing a portion of the mattress to fall, posing a suffocation hazard to young children.

Remedy

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs. Destroy and discard the cribs. The firm is no longer in business. A remedy is no longer available.

Incidents & injuries

Simplicity Inc. has received 14 reports of the mattress support coming loose, including eight reports of entrapment. Five injuries have been reported, including scratches and bruises to the face and head, a strained neck and a report of a child turning blue.

Product description

The recalled cribs are made of wood and have a wooden mattress support. Only cribs with wooden mattress supports and with model number 8740KCW SC and serial number 2803 SC to 1605 are included in this recall. The model and serial number are printed on the envelope attached to the mattress support.

Sold on

Department stores, and children's product stores from August 2003 through May 2005 for about $130.

Contact the company

The firm appears to no longer conduct day to day operations. Call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772.

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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