Drop Down Crib Recall
child safety March 19th. 2009, 9:25amDoes your infant have a drop side crib? Those involved in crib manufacturing have proposed a ban on this style of crib after some child safety recalls and apprehension over death and injury involving the moving part.
Officials familiar with deliberations of a committee that sets industry standards say the proposal would end production of drop-side cribs — where one side moves up and down. The proposal would require cribs to have four immovable sides.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says at least three children have died in drop-side cribs in the last 18 months. The agency knows of more than two dozen incidents in which drop-sides detached from cribs.