CPSC Recall in 2011: AOSOM Recalls Wooden Playpens Due to Choking and Laceration Hazards

Updated on January 18, 2026.

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Data Source: CPSC.

Recall Number: 11-155

Date: March 02, 2011

Product Name: Wooden Playpens

Recall Description:

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Hazard Description:

The wooden playpen can break, split and/or crack at points where screws and other hardware are located. Small, broken wood pieces and hardware from the playpen can pose a risk of choking and laceration hazards to children. In addition, an unstable playpen can fall over onto a child, posing an entrapment hazard.

Consumer Action:

Remedy Type:

Refund

Units: About 5,000

Incidents:

AOSOM has received 69 reports of the wooden playpens breaking, splitting and/or cracking including one report of a child mouthing a piece of the broken wood and three reports of children found with a broken piece of wood and/or screw in their hand. The objects were removed without injury.

Sold At:

AOSOM.com, Amazon.com, eBay.com and other online retailers from October 2008 through November 2010 for between $30 and $150.

Manufactured In:

China