Drop-side Crib Recall Issued After Multiple Children Have Died and Been Injured

Another crib recall  has been issued for a defective drop-side crib.  The recall will affect 500,000 cribs and includes cribs that were sold nationwide at popular baby furniture stores such as Buy Buy Baby, K-Mart, Walmart and many other sotres. 

The recall for the Generation 2 Worldwide and ChildESIGNS cribs was issued today because of multiple injuries that have been reported along with reports of the death of three young children due to the defective drop-side cribs. 

The cribs are being recalled because they can potentially break and allow the drop-side to detach and also because the mattress supports can pull away from the crib frame.  Both defects can create gaps in the crib which can lead to strangulation or suffocation of a small child.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received 28 reports of the crib breaking for reasons relating to detached mattress supports and detached drop-sides. 

The company that manufactured the cribs, Generation 2 Worldwide, has been out of business since 2007.  If you own one of these cribs that were recalled you should contact the store that you purchased the crib refund for instructions on what to do.  More than likely you will be issued a full refund, replacement or store credit for the recalled crib.  If the store gives you a problem resolving the issue the CPSC has asked that you call them. 

If your child was injured by a Generation 2 Worldwide or ChildESIGNS crib you should notify the CPSC by filing a complaint of an incident. 

Other dangerous crib recalls that have been issued in the past year include Jardine and Simplicity cribs which were recalled in 2009.