Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Recall Simplicity Bassinets Due To Strangulation Hazard

Recalled August 28, 2008 · CPSC recall 08381 · Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and

Hazard

If the fabric flap 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.

Remedy

Consumers should ensure that no child is placed to sleep in a Simplicity convertible bassinet covered by this warning and return the product to the store where purchased to receive a refund or store credit.

Units

About 900,000

Incidents / injuries

CPSC learned that on August 21, 2008, a 6½-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.

Description

The Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets contain metal bars that are covered by an adjustable fabric flap which is fastened by Velcro over the bars (see first picture). Models that have been modified or redesigned so that the fabric is permanently attached and stitched over the lower bar creating a barrier are not included in this recall (see second picture).

What to do

Contact

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

Product

Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets

Manufacturer(s)

Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa.

Retailers

Wal-Mart , Toys "R" Us, Kmart, Big Lots!, Target, J.C. Penney

Made in

United States

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →