Pottery Barn Crib Recall: CPSC Issues Product Safety Advisory About Drop-Side Cribs and Entrapment, Suffocation and Fall Hazards
On July 14, 2010, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued the following alert regarding a recall of approximately 82,000 defective cribs sold by Pottery Barn Kids.
The CPSC has received several reports that babies have been injured in these cribs, which pose entrapment, suffocation and/or strangulation risks.
The CPSC Safety Advisory follows below. More information about crib safety is available on the CPSC Web site.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product:
Pottery Barn Kids drop-side cribs
Units:
About 82,000
Retailer:
Pottery Barn Kids, a division of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., of San Francisco, California.
Hazard:
The cribs’ drop-sides can detach when hardware breaks, creating a space into which a young child can become entrapped, which can lead to suffocation. A child can also fall out of the crib. Drop side incidents also occur due to incorrect assembly and with age-related wear and tear.
Incidents/Injuries:
CPSC and Pottery Barn Kids have received 36 reports of drop sides that have malfunctioned or detached, resulting in seven minor injuries when children fell out of the cribs or got their legs caught between the mattress and the drop side. One child became entrapped at the head between the drop side and crib mattress but was freed without injury.
Description:
This recall involves all Pottery Barn Kids drop-side cribs regardless of the model number. Pottery Barn Kids is printed on a label attached to the crib headboard or footboard.
Sold at:
Exclusively through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog, www.potterybarnkids.com , and at Pottery Barn Kids retail stores nationwide from January 1999 through March 2010 for between $300 and $600.
Manufactured in:
Canada, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia and Italy
Remedy:
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs, inspect the hardware to make sure it is not broken, and contact Pottery Barn Kids to receive a free fixed-gate conversion kit that will immobilize the drop side.
Consumer Contact:
For additional information, contact Pottery Barn Kids at (877) 804-3847 between 7 a.m. and midnight 7 days a week or visit the firm’s Web site.
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