This just came across the wire: the defective
Simplicity crib (recall first announced in Dec 2005) now has been attributed to
a child’s death.

FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
February 8, 2006

Release #06-086

Simplicity Inc. Recall Hotline: (800)
784-1982
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800)
638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301)
504-7908

Recent Death Prompts Renewed
Search for Simplicity Cribs with Graco
Logo

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the death
of a 19-month baby in Myrtle Creek,
Ore., the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and
Simplicity
Inc., of Reading Pa., are renewing
the search for recalled Aspen 3 in 1
Cribs with
Graco logos. The child died on January 6, 2006, after two
of
the mattress support slats came out of his
recalled crib. He became
entrapped between the
mattress and the footboard of the crib
and
suffocated.

CPSC and Simplicity Inc. announced the
recall of about 104,000 Aspen 3
in 1 Cribs on
December 21, 2005. The recall was conducted because
the
screws on the wooden mattress supports can
come loose, allowing a
portion of the mattress
to fall. This poses a suffocation hazard
to
young children who can slide down and become
entrapped between the
unsupported mattress and
end of the crib.

Prior to the report of
this death, Simplicity Inc. received 14
reports
of the mattress supports coming loose,
including eight reports of
entrapment. Five
injuries were reported including scratches and
bruises
to the face and head, a strained neck
and a report of a child turning
blue.

Although the Graco logo appears on these
products, the cribs were
manufactured by
Simplicity Inc. Consumers should only contact
Simplicity
about this recall.

The recalled cribs are made of wood and
have wooden mattress supports.
Only cribs with
wooden mattress supports and with model number
8740KCW
SC and serial number 2803 SC (made the
28th week of 2003) to 1605 SC
(made the 16th
week of 2005) are included in this recall. The model
and
serial number are printed on the envelope
attached to the mattress
support.

The recalled cribs were sold in
department and children’s product stores
from
August 2003 through May 2005 for about $130.

To receive a free repair kit or for more
information, contact Simplicity
Inc. at (800)
784-1982 anytime, or visit the Web site
at
www.simplicityforchildren.com

To
see this recall on CPSC’s web site, including a picture of
the
recalled products, please go
to: