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Two mothers who watched their young children die after becoming trapped in the powerful suction at the bottom of a pool are now fighting to prevent tougher pool safety regulations from being further undermined by the swimming pool industry.
The suffocation death of a 4-month-old baby who was using a portable baby recliner in a crib has spurred the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) and Baby Matters, LLC, to recall 30,000 Nap Nannies. The infant was in her harness and found hanging over the side of the recliner, caught between the Nap Nanny and the crib bumper. At least one other infant has become entrapped while using the Nap Nanny in a crib. That infant was also harnessed, fell over the side of the recliner, and was caught between the product and the side of the crib. He suffered a cut to the forehead. Using the product in a crib is contrary to the recliner’s instructions.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has zeroed in on infant/baby walkers as part of its ongoing effort to provide mandatory safety standards on a range of infant and toddler products.
Infant/baby walkers are an enclosed framework on casters or wheels designed to help babies learn to walk. The new standards adopt the voluntary industry standard and include using the actual weight of a walker in calculation to determine the launching distance for the “stair fall” test, specifying equipment used in the “stair fall” test, and adding a parking brake test for walkers equipped with parking brakes.
Infant bath seats are now required by law to meet a list of safety standards in an effort to reduce the number of preventable deaths and incidents involving the bath seats. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced this week that it has approved the first mandatory standard on a range of infant and toddler products as required under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).
Many moms who have toted their tots in baby slings swear by them, but the recent recall of baby slings by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has cast a dark shadow on the popular parenting accessory. The CPSC announced last week that it is investigating at least 14 deaths associated with the sling-style infant carriers because they pose two different types of suffocation hazards to babies. Those at greater risk of injury or death include babies younger than 4 months, low birth weight twins, premature infants, and babies with breathing issues such as a cold.
Another popular brand of strollers are being recalled by the manufacturer due to the risk of children’s fingertips being amputated or lacerated, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Graco Children’s Products Inc., of Atlanta, Ga., is recalling about 1.5 million strollers because the stroller’s canopy hinge mechanism can amputate or lacerate children’s fingertips while the canopy is being opened or closed. To date, Graco has received reports of five fingertip amputations and two fingertip lacerations. The recall involves Graco Passage, Alano, and Spree strollers and travel systems. For a list of Model numbers affected by the recall, visit Beasley Allen Recalls.
Yoshi Inaba, Toyota’s highest ranking executive in the United States, says that his company’s latest recall of millions of vehicles has taught Toyota some valuable lessons. Speaking to an audience gathered at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Inaba seemed eager to hit the re-set button with the American public through admission of Toyota’s past errors.
While most safety recalls involve products with defects that may cause direct physical harm to consumers, this week the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of books that give bad advice and may cause consumers to hurt themselves.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission unanimously approved a new rule that will require manufacturers of “durable” infant and toddler products to establish a product registration program. The Commission approved the new measure on December 16, 2009.
Collier Ursprung was a year and a half old when his parents walked into his bedroom and found the toddler standing in his crib with the cord of a window blind wrapped three times around his neck. “As he pulled it kept getting tighter,” his father, Robert, told ABC News. “We just averted a disaster that could have changed our lives forever.”
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