Warning: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received a report of a 10-month old boy who was strangled on the changing table’s restraint strap that was hanging down into Kolcraft’s “Sesame Beginnings” Travel Play Yard where the child was located.
Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., of Chicago, Ill., is voluntarily recalling about 425,000 infant play yards following the death of child.
According to the press release, in addition to the strangulation hazard with the changing table restraint strap, one play yard also has a raised cradle that rocks back and forth. A child could roll and get trapped against the side of the cradle in the Contours 3-in-1 Play Yard. If that happens, a child can suffocate. Kolcraft has received 45 reports of children rolling to the side of the rocking cradle attachment.
Here are the specific models being recalled (please see some of the pictures):
Kolcraft Travelin’ Tot, Kolcraft Travelin’ Tot LTD, Kolcraft Travelin’ Tot 3-in-1,
Jeep Sahara SE Play Yard, Jeep Sahara Limited Play Yard, Jeep Sahara XT Play Yard, Jeep Sahara Limited SE Play Yard, Jeep Sahara Limited XT Play Yard
Model numbers: 55235-JC, 55237-JQ, 55237T-JQ, 55237-XC, 55237-XV, 55237T-XB, 55770-XA, 55770-XI, 55772-XE, 55773-XY, JP002-XSP “Jeep” and “Sahara” are printed on the fabric on the top rail of the play yards.
Contours 3-in-1 Play Yard (with rocking cradle and changing table restraint strap)
Model Number: 18604-OC, ZP003-MAL “Kolcraft” and “Contours” are printed along the draft guard on the lower side of the play yards.
What is the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission?
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Source:
Kolcraft Recalls Play Yards After the Death of a 10-Month-Old Child. Press release. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. URL: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07315.html
