Cribs Recalled For Suffocation Risk

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.

The recalled model numbers include but may not be limited to: 8050, 8325, 8620, 8745, 8748, 8755, 8756, 8765, 8778, 8810, and 8994, 8995, 8996.

These cribs were sold nationwide at department stores, children’s stores and mass merchandisers from January 2005 through June 2009.

The CPSC advises parents to stop using these Simplicity cribs immediately and return them to the store of purchase for a refund, replacement or store credit.

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.