Poorly Designed Cribs and Strollers Are Killing and Injuring Growing Numbers of Children

• Stork Craft Drop-Side Cribs: More than 2 million cribs recalled in Canada and the United States after four babies younger than 12 months old suffocated when the moveable side of their crib slipped and caused them to become trapped between the crib wall and mattress. Another 15 infants fell out their cribs and suffered injuries such as concussions.
• Maclaren Strollers: Twelve children had their fingertips amputed when they got their fingers caught in hinges on the strollers. Nearly one million products were recalled.
• Dorel Asia Cribs: Similar to the problem with the stork Craft cribs, moveable sides on an estimated 635 Dorel Asia drop-side cribs can slip and lead to the entrapment of babies. At least 31 infants became entrapped, and one 6-month-old in Iowa suffocated to death, while sleeping in a recalled Dorel Asia crib.
• Graco Strollers: An uncovered hinge that lets parents adjust the canopy angle on about 1.5 million Graco strollers was responsible for amputating the fingertips of five children.

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