Second Infant Death Prompts Re-Announcement of Delta Enterprise "Safety Peg" Drop-Side Crib Recall
Recall 11179 · Mar 22, 2011 · Delta Enterprise Corp.
985,000
units affected
985,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 11179
- Date
- Mar 22, 2011
- Company
- Delta Enterprise Corp.
- Units affected
- 985,000
- Product
- Delta Enterprise "Safety Peg" Drop-Side Crib
- Product type
- Cribs
- Hazard
- Suffocation
The product
This re-announcement involves cribs with Delta's name and address printed on the mattress support boards and the Delta logo on the crib's top teether rail. Model numbers are located on the top of the mattress support board. This announcement includes the following 49 crib models with "Crib Trigger Lock with Safety Peg" drop-side hardware: - 4320, 4340; - 4500, 4520, 4530, 4532, 4540, 4542, 4550, 4551, 4580; - 4600, 4620, 4624 - production dates 01/06 thru 11/07, 4640, 4660, 4720, 4735, 4742, 4750 - production dates 01/95 thru 12/00; - 4760, 4770, 4780, 4790; - 4820, 4840, 4850, 4860, 4880, 4890, 4892; and - 4900, 4910, 4920, 4925-2, 4925-6, 4930, 4940, 4943, 4944, 4947, 4948, 4949, 4950, 4958, 4963, 4968, 4969, 4980.
What can happen
Missing safety pegs can create a situation where the crib's drop-side rail disengages from the track. This can create a hazardous space in which an infant can become entrapped and suffocate.
The fix
Parents and caregivers are encouraged to find a safe, alternative sleep environment for their child until the repair kit, with new safety pegs, is safely installed on the recalled cribs.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- became entrapped and suffocated between the detached drop-side and mattress of her recalled crib. The crib was purchased secondhand and re-assembled without safety pegs in the bottom tracks.
- Sold at
- Major retail stores including Kmart, Target and Walmart between January 1995 and December 2005 (through September 2007 for model 4624) for about $100.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled delta enterprise "safety peg" drop-side crib?
Parents and caregivers are encouraged to find a safe, alternative sleep environment for their child until the repair kit, with new safety pegs, is safely installed on the recalled cribs.
What is the hazard?
Missing safety pegs can create a situation where the crib's drop-side rail disengages from the track. This can create a hazardous space in which an infant can become entrapped and suffocate.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.