WASHINGTON (AP) - About 400,000 Simplicity drop side cribs are
being recalled for posing a suffocation or entrapment hazard.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the crib's hardware
can break or deform, allowing the drop side to detach. This creates
a gap between the mattress and the side of the crib, where a small
child could be trapped or suffocated.
The agency previously reported the death of an 8-month-old
child, who suffocated when some of the hardware on his crib broke
and created a gap.
These recalled Simplicity cribs were sold between January 2005 through June 2009 and include model numbers 8050, 8325, 8620, 8745, 8748, 8755, 8756, 8765, 8778, 8810, and 8994, 8995, 8996.
Last September, Simplicity recalled about 600,000 drop side
cribs with similar defects. In 2007, the company recalled 1 million
older model drop side cribs.