CPSC Recall in 1997: CPSC, Cosco Announce Recall for In-Home Repair of Full-Size Baby Cribs
See the recall details below. You can also see similar information for other consumer product recalls in 1997.
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
Cribs 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.
New Instructions, Repair
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.
Major national retail stores and baby specialty stores sold the cribs beginning in 1995 for about $90 to $150.
