Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Simplicity Bassinets recall: Strangulation Hazard
Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Recall Simplicity Bassinets Due To Strangulation Hazard
Why was Six Retailers Agree To Stop Sale and Simplicity Bassinets recalled?
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.
What should I do if I have this product?
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. Contact: The firm appears to no longer conduct day to day operations. Call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772.
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and identifiers are part of this recall.
- Product
- Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets
- Company
- Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa.
- Quantity
- About 900,000
- Sold at
- Wal-Mart , Toys "R" Us, Kmart, Big Lots!, Target, J.C. Penney
- Recall date
- August 28, 2008
- 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.
- Agency
- CPSC
Product 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).