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Drop Side Cribs Recalled. Recalls of the design led to stronger safety regulations that ultimately banned the manufacture of drop-side cribs in 2011. The CPSCs board voted unanimously to ban the drop-side cribs which have been under scrutiny for many years. The cribs drop-side plastic hardware can break deform or parts can become missing. Not just the StorkCraft crib more than 20 of such brands drop-side cribs were recalled between 2007 to 2011.
The company said nearly 1 million of the cribs require safety pegs that could be lost during reassembly and another 600000 drop-side cribs have spring pegs that can wear out after many uses. When the drop-side detaches it creates space between the drop-side and the crib mattress. Babies have died in cribs where repairs were attempted by caregivers. Although the sliding side was intended to help with reaching the baby this popular crib design turned from convenient to a safety issue. If the drop-side detaches it could create a space between the side of the crib and the. M0391 M0591 M1701 M2301 M4801 M5901 and M5921.
Graco-branded Lajobi drop-side cribs have now been added to the list of recalled cribs because the hardware can break or fail allowing the drop side to detach from the crib.
Disengagements can create a gap and entrap a child. DROP SIDE CRIBS RECALLED DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH DROP SIDE TAB FIRM Number of Cribs Affected PROBLEM RECALL DATE 1 ORBELLE TRADE 7700 The crib does not comply with the crib safety standards due to a. Delta Enterprises voluntarily recalled nearly 16 million older versions of its cribs with drop sides last year after two infant deaths. Although the sliding side was intended to help with reaching the baby this popular crib design turned from convenient to a safety issue. Recalled cribs have the words Million Dollar Baby and one of the following model numbers printed on a label on the cribs headboard. Babies have died in cribs where repairs were attempted by caregivers.