The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on its Web site that Dorel Asia SRL of Barbados was voluntarily recalling the cribs to replace drop side and non-drop side cribs. People who bought the cribs are advised to quit using them immediately until replacement kits are obtained and installed.
The cribs, made in China and Vietnam, were sold at Kmart, Sears and Wal-Mart stores nationwide from January 2005 through last month for between $120 and $700 a piece.
The commission said the drop side hardware can fail, causing the side to detach and create a space in which an infant or toddler can become trapped and strangled or suffocated. There also is a danger posed when a slat is damaged, the agency said.
The fatality reported involved a 6-month-old child in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The parents continued to use the crib after trying to repair it themselves, the agency said.
The commission and Dorel Asia have received reports of 31 drop side incidents. In six cases, children were trapped between the drop side and crib mattress. Three children suffered bruises.
The agency and company also received reports of 36 incidents of slat breakage, including seven reports of bruises and scratches to children and two reports of entrapment that resulted in no injury.
The recall involves models: WM1633; WM1633-0; WM1676BC; WM1676BCR-DC; WM2163; WM2163DC; WM1633-0-DC; GP004B3EGR; GP004B3WGR; GP006BCEGR; GP006BCWGR; DA1615B3; DAKM5132; DASE5005; DASE5009; DA0504KMC-1N; DA0504KMC-1W; DA1614B3; DAKM5152; and DASE5015.
Consumers can go to www.dorel-asia.com to order the free replacement kit.
For more information please call 1-877 MESSALAW.
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