Over 2 Million Cribs Recalled

More than 2 million cribs from seven companies were recalled Thursday June 24th amid concerns that babies can suffocate, become trapped or fall from the cribs – Time magazine reports. While no deaths were associated with the cribs, apparently there have been reported cases of entrapment (16 to be exact), and in one of the cases a child was found unconscious and had to be taken to a hospital. The companies involved in the recall were Evenflo, Delta Enterprises Corp., Child Craft, Jardine Enterprises, LaJobi, Million Dollar Baby and Simmons Juvenile Products Inc.

Drop-sides have increasingly come under scrutiny, with several warnings from the CPSC in the last year that the cribs can be deadly. CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum has pledged to ban their manufacture and sale by year’s end.

CPSC urged parents to stop using the cribs and contact the manufacturers for repair kits to immobilize the drop-side or information to make the cribs more secure.

“This new recall announcement is part of a larger effort by CPSC to clean up the marketplace from many of these unsafe cribs,” said Tenenbaum. “Most of these recalled cribs have dangerous drop-sides, while the Delta crib can pose a danger to babies if the mattress support is installed incorrectly.”