News Tagged ‘entrapment

Escalators and Crocs: a dangerous pairing

crocs 150x150On July 15, three-year-old Caprice Robinson and her mother, Diaarra Griffin, were making their daily hour-long commute in Atlanta. Caprice grabbed her mother’s hand and the two stepped onto the escalator at the Kensington MARTA station – just another small part of the daily routine they had done so many times before.

This time, however, Caprice began to scream in pain within second of stepping onto the escalator.

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CPSC says early warning system identifies crib defects

Following on the heels of an announcement this week recalling nearly 1 million cribs manufactured by Delta Enterprise Corp., the Consumer Product Commission reports its Early Warning System, created in Fall 2007, is working to warn consumers of concerns with the durability of cribs. The agency says since the Early Warning Sytem was implemented, it has conducted five crib recalls where “hardware was broken, missing or otherwise failed to function.”

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Nearly 1 million Delta cribs affected by recall

This week, the news of a serious defect in cribs manufactured by Delta Enterprise Corp., of New York, NY, was released by the Consumer Product Commission (CPSC). Today the agency said the voluntary will affect 985,000 drop side cribs. The affected cribs are missing pegs, which can result in entrapment and suffocation of infants and toddlers when crib locks can disengage and detach, creating a hazardous gap.

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