Recall: Metal Cribs Recall/Repair by Cosco
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Nychelle White |
July 9, 1997 | (301) 504-7063 |
Release # 97-154 | |
CPSC, Cosco Announce Recall for In-Home Repair of Full-Size Baby Cribs
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Cosco of Columbus, Ind., is warning consumers to check more than 390,000 full-size metal baby cribs, manufactured since January 1995, that may have been mis-assembled with the mattress platform being used as a side rail. The crib side rail and mattress platform are the same size and have been used in place of one another. CPSC standards limit the space between side rail slats to no more than 2 3/8 inches. If the crib's mattress platform is used as a side rail, the distance between the slats would be about 5 inches. Spacing this large enables an infant to become entrapped in the side rails, which could result in serious injury or death.
Cosco has received more than 47 reports of cribs being mis-assembled with the mattress platform being used as a side rail, including 27 reports of babies becoming entrapped, resulting in one death.
The Cosco cribs are on wheels and are made of tubular metal in a variety of colors. The cribs have date codes of 0195 or higher printed on a sticker located on the bottom of the end panel. List of model numbers and colors:
10T01 - Solid Red, White or Blue | 10T85 - White |
10T04 - Solid Red or White | 10T94 - White |
10T05 - Solid Red or White | 10T95 - White and Brass |
10T06 - Multiple Colors | 10M06 - Multiple Colors |
10T08 - White and Brass | 10M84 - Multiple Colors |
10T14 - White | 10M85 - White |
10T84 - Multiple Colors | 10M94 -White |
Cosco is also offering all consumers who own these cribs an identification/warning sticker for placement on the mattress platform to prevent future mis-assembly. Consumers should call Cosco for this important sticker.
Major national retail stores and baby specialty stores sold the cribs beginning in 1995 for about $90 to $150.