We have an important recall to tell you about. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands of  of Simplicity and Graco Cribs. The CPSC warns that babies are risk because the cribs pose a suffocation and strangulation hazard. 

The CPSC is reporting that at least one death associated with the cribs. The agency says a one-year-old boy from New England., became trapped in his Simplicity crib and suffocated in 2008.

The agency said about 217,000 Graco dropside cribs made by LaJobi were also being recalled and the issue with both types of cribs has to do with hardware errors. As many as 99 consumer complaints have been logged.

Here’s The Problem

With the Graco brand and their wood cribs, the dropside or the part that moves up and down can snap, break or detach from the rest of the crib. This can cause a huge problem and potentially dangerous gap between the mattress of the crib and dropside part.

The Simplicity recall pertains to the company’s brand of full-sized cribs which contain a  tube-like metal mattress-support frame. The issue with this model is that those frames can bend, loosen, as well as detach. This means that mattress could collapse and an infant or baby could simply roll into a space or gap and become trapped and suffocate.  

Past Problems

This is not the first time Simplicity brand cribs have been involved in a recall. In the last five years, Simplicity has been at the center of at least 12 recalls. Sadly, its cribs have been linked to 13 deaths.

Attorney Jeffrey Killino’s focus is on keeping kids safe and knows child injuries are very serious and can leave a parent feeling helpless. If you believe your child was injured as a result of a faulty or recalled consumer product please contact child injury attorney Jeffrey Killino at 877-875-2927 today.

We have another consumer alert to tell you about concerning a children’s product. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has just announced that Children's Bracelets are being recalled by Chandigarh Fashion Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard. This is a voluntary recall in cooperation with the CPSC. The name of the product is Children’s Bangles and as many as 1,200 units have been recalled.

The problem centers on the surface of the bracelets.  Apparently they contain high levels of lead, which violate the lead paint  standard.  The bracelets were sold in packets of 24. They are gold with stripes of various colors including red, maroon, black orange or green.

They were manufactured in India and imported by Chandigarh Fashion, Inc.

No incidents or injuries have been reported, but it is advised that the bracelets not be worn and be taken back to the store where purchased where a full refund can be given.

The products were sold at : Chandigarh Fashion stores in Flushing, N.Y. and Sonia Selections stores in Chicago, Ill. from May 2007 through August 2008 for about $2.

Parents, grandparents and anyone buying gifts for children must be diligent in choosing, safe toys for children. This can be accomplished by first doing some research on the toys you plan on buying to make sure they don’t pose a risk.

Attorney Jeffrey Killino’s focus is on keeping kids safe. He is no stranger to toxic toys. In 2007, he filed a class action lawsuit to compel Mattel to provide free testing of all children who played with lead toys.

Child injuries have the potential to be very serious and can leave a parent feeling helpless. If you believe your child has health problems associated with lead-based toys or other dangerous chemicals found in children’s products, please contact child injury attorney Jeffrey Killino at 877-875-2927 today.