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1 Million Cribs Recalled

The recall announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission involved older cribs that are no longer on the market but are often reused by families or sold at resale shops and online at sites such as Craigslist. The recall covered cribs sold in the U.S. from 1995 to 2007 by Delta Enterprise, the largest distributor of cribs in the world.

Delta is recalling all cribs with the ?Crib Trigger Lock with Safety Peg? drop side hardware design. When the safety pegs are missing from the lower track, the crib locks can disengage and detach if lowered below the peg hole, creating a hazardous gap which can lead to entrapment and suffocation.

The model numbers for the recalled Delta cribs with the "Crib Trigger Lock with Safety Peg" drop side hardware are: 4320, 4340, 4500, 4520, 4530, 4532, 4540, 4542, 4550, 4551, 4580, 4600, 4620, 4624 (production dates 01/06 through 11/07), 4640, 4660, 4720, 4735, 4742, 4750 (production dates 01/95 through 12/00), 4760, 4770, 4780, 4790, 4820, 4840, 4850, 4860, 4880, 4890, 4892, 4900, 4910, 4920, 4925-2, 4925-6, 4930, 4940, 4943, 4944, 4947, 4948, 4949, 4950, 4958, 4963, 4968, 4969, and 4980.

The recalled cribs have date codes ranging from 1995 though December 2005; one model (4624) was made in 2007. The model numbers are located on the top of the mattress support board. The cribs, made in Taiwan and Indonesia, were sold at major retailers, including WalMart, Kmart, and Target.com from January 1995 through September 2007 for about $100 and may also have been sold secondhand.

Go to the Delta site for more.
http://www.cribrecallcenter.com/

Full post as published by A Georgia Lawyer on October 24, 2008 (boomark / email).