Simplicity Cribs Recalled Due to Suffocation and Strangulation Risks; One Infant Death Reported

On April 29, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of all Simplicity full-size cribs with tubular metal mattress-support frames. This recall includes fixed-side and drop-side cribs. These cribs pose a risk of serious injury or death due to entrapment, strangulation, suffocation and fall hazards to infants and toddlers. The crib's tubular metal mattress-support frame can bend or detach and cause part of the mattress to collapse, creating a space into which an infant or toddler can roll and become wedged, entrapped or fall out of the crib.

CPSC urges parents and caregivers to stop using these cribs immediately and find an alternative, safe sleeping environment for their baby. Consumers should not attempt to fix these cribs.

The agency has received a report of a one-year-old child from North Attleboro, Mass. who suffocated when he became entrapped between the crib mattress and the crib frame in April of 2008.

The recalled cribs were sold at Walmart, Target, Babies R Us and other stores nationwide for between $150 and $300. For more information, including how to receive a refund, replacement crib or store credit, read the CPSC recall notice.

All Simplicity drop-side cribs have previously been recalled for a hazard involving the drop side. Numerous additional Simplicity products have been recalled in recent years. For more information on previous Simplicity recalls, visit the CPSC website.