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

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Recall Category: Kids Recalls

Recall Date: 2005-12-21T00:00:00

Product: Aspen 3-in-1 Cribs, sold under the Graco Trademark

Company: Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. (The firm appears to no longer conduct day to day operations)

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.

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.

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.

Recall Number: 06058

Product Type: Cribs / Beds / Sleep Products

Hazard Type: Suffocation / Strangulation / Entrapment, Fall / Injury Hazard

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