Be Child Safe

Author: Marianne Halterman

  • Safety 1st Recalls Décor Wood Highchairs Due to Fall Hazard

    Recall Date: October 8, 2015

    Recall Number: 16-006

    Recall Summary

    Name of Product: Décor Wood Highchair

    Hazard: A child can remove the highchair’s tray, posing a fall hazard.

    Remedy: Repair

    Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled highchairs and contact the firm to receive instructions on receiving a new tray with labels.

    Consumer Contact: Safety 1st toll-free at (877) 717-7823 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at decorwoodhighchair@djgusa.com or online at www.safety1st.com and click on “Safety Notices” at the top of the page for more information.

    Recall Details

    Photos available: at www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/Safety-1st-Recalls-Decor-Wood-Highchair/

    Units: About 35,000

    Description: This recall includes Safety 1st Wood Décor highchairs in three models: HC144BZF (Casablanca), HC229CZF (Gentle Lace) and HC229CYG (Black Lace). The model numbers are printed under the highchair seat. These A-frame black wood highchairs have a removable fabric, black and white print seat pad with a blue or pink border on the top and bottom of the seat pad. The highchairs have a white plastic, detachable tray with a cone-shaped center divider that fits between a child’s legs. “Safety 1st” is printed on the front center of the tray.

    Incidents/Injuries: Safety 1st has received 68 reports of children removing the trays including 11 reports of injuries such as lacerations, chipped teeth and bruises.

    Sold at: Babies R US and Toys R Us retail stores nationwide and online at www.Amazon.com , www.BabiesRUs.com , www.ToysRUs.com and www.Walmart.com and other online retailers from May 2013 through May 2015 for about $120.

    Importer: Dorel Juvenile Group, of Columbus, Ind.

    Manufactured in: China

  • Bexco Expands Recall of DaVinci Brand Cribs Due to Entrapment, Fall and Laceration Hazards

    Recall Date: October 1, 2015

    Recall Number: 16-002

    Recall Summary

    Name of Product: DaVinci Cribs

    Hazard: A metal bracket that connects the mattress support to the crib can break, creating an uneven sleeping surface or a gap. If this occurs, a baby can become entrapped in the crib, fall or suffer lacerations from the broken metal bracket.

    Remedy: Repair

    Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cribs and contact Bexco for a free replacement mattress support which includes replacement brackets.  In the meantime, parents are urged to find an alternate, safe sleeping environment for the child, such as a bassinet, play yard or toddler bed depending on the child’s age.

    Consumer Contact: DaVinci toll-free at 888-673-6652 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. PT Monday through Friday. Consumers can also visit www.davincibaby.com/safetyrecall3 or www.davincibaby.com and click on “Safety Recall” for more information.

    Recall Details

    Units: About 6,000 (in addition, 13 were sold in Canada) (Bexco recalled an additional 11,600 Bexco cribs in July 2015)

    Description: The recall includes DaVinci brand full-size cribs including the Reagan crib (model #M2801), the Emily crib, (model #M4791), the Jamie crib (model #M7301), and the Jenny Lind crib (model #M7391) manufactured from May 2012 through December 2012. The model number, serial number and manufacture date are printed on a label affixed to the bottom right hand side panel of the crib. Cribs included in the recall have serial numbers that begin with “N00,” followed by one of the following numbers.  The previous recall included the same model numbers, but had different serial numbers.

    Model Number and Name

     

     

    		 Serial Number (N00 + number below)

    *new serial numbers added in this recall expansion
    M2801 Reagan 4959/ 5035/ 5109, *5254, *5350 or *5035
    M4791 Emily 4648/ 4669/ 4962, *5249, *5380, *5534 or *5193
    M7301 Jamie 4954/ 5029, *5108 or *5381
    M7391 Jenny Lind

     

     

    		 4954/ 4620/ 4669/ 4758/ 4934/ 4994/ 5041/ 4648, *5214, *5100, *5227, *5313, *5382, *5094, *5524 or *5644

    Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received five additional reports of the mattress support brackets breaking and detaching. No injuries have been reported.

    Sold at: Target and juvenile products stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from May 2012 to December 2013 for between $150 and $250.

    Manufacturer: Bexco Enterprises Inc., of Montebello, Calif.

    Manufactured in: China

  • Chewbeads Recalls Pacifier Clips Due to Choking Hazard

    Recall Date: September 29, 2015

    Recall Number: 15-255

    Recall Summary

    Name of Product: Pacifier clips

    Hazard: The “D” ring on the pacifier clip can break, allowing beads to detach, posing a choking hazard.

    Remedy: Refund or replacement

    Recall Details

    Consumer Contact: Call Chewbeads Inc. toll-free at 888-786-7790 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at service@chewbeads.com or online at www.chewbeads.com and click on the Product Recall link at the bottom of the page for more information.

    Units: About 45,000 in United States (in addition about 5,900 were sold in Canada)

    Description: This recall involves five styles of Chewbeads Baby pacifier clip holders. The “Where’s the Pacifier?” pacifier clips styles include shapes of a Butterfly, Dinosaur, Heart, Sheriff Badge and a white baseball with red stitching and a major league baseball team logo. “Chewbeads baby” is imprinted in raised letters on the rubber shape attachment. The pacifier clips have eight multi-colored beads threaded through a narrow satin ribbon that attaches to a pacifier on one end and a plastic D-ring on the other. The clip and beads are about six inches long. The garment clip has the following number code on the back of the plastic clip: 3/31/14, 08/08/14, 12/01/14, 14/30/09, 15/02/09, 25/04/14.

    Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received seven reports of the beads detaching. No injuries have been reported.

    Remedy: Consumers should immediately take these recalled pacifier clips away from young children and contact Chewbeads for a free replacement pacifier clip or a refund of the purchase price.

    Sold at: Buy Buy Baby and small boutique retail stores nationwide and in Canada from September 2014 through June 2015 for $16.50 for the baseball themed clips and $15 for the other style clips.

    Importer: Chewbeads, of New York, N.Y.

    Manufactured in: China

  • Child Killed in ATV Crash

    From Panama City News Herald – 9/21/2015

    © Copyright 2015 Gatehouse Media, Inc.

    HOLMES COUNTY – A 9-year-old Bonifay boy was killed after the four-wheeler he was driving collided with a utility vehicle in Holmes County [Florida] Sunday afternoon.

    For full story please see www.newsherald.com/article/20150920/NEWS/150929979

  • Missing ‘Baby Doe’

    Boyfriend of ‘Baby Doe’s’ mother held without bail; mom’s bail set at $1M

    (CNN)Little Bella Bond was allegedly killed by her mother’s boyfriend because he thought she was possessed and “it was her time to die,” a prosecutor told a judge at a Monday bail hearing.

    See story at www.cnn.com/2015/09/21/us/boston-baby-doe-charges/.

  • Recaro Child Safety is recalling child restraints due to Tether and Anchorage Failure

    Report  Date: July 30, 2015

    NHTSA Campaign Number: 14C005000

    Recall Summary

    Name of Product: ProRIDE child restraints, model number 332.01

    Hazard: If the top tether anchorage detaches from the child restraint, there is an increased risk of injury to the child or other vehicle occupants.

    Remedy: Recaro will notify and send all registered owners a length of webbing with loops on both ends and instructions to further secure the child restraints. The retrofit kit will be provided free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in September 2015.

    Consumer Contact: Owners may contact Recaro customer service at 1-866-628-4750 or by email at recarorecall@m-s-s.com.

    Recall Details

    Units: 173,063

    Details: Recaro ProRIDE child restraints, model number 332.01 in all colors (AK21, KAEC, KAEG, KK91, MC11, MJ15, QA56, QA9N, QQ11, QQ14, and QQ95), manufactured from April 9, 2010, through June 9, 2015, and Performance RIDE child restraints, model number 333.01 in all colors (CHIL, HABB, HAZE, JEBB, JETT, KNGT, MABB, MARI, MNGT, PLUM, PLBB, REBB, SLBB, REDD, ROBB, ROSE, SABB, SAPH, SLTE, VIBB, VIBE), manufactured from January 15, 2013, through June 9, 2015.

  • The Land of Nod Recalls Mobiles Due to Entanglement and Strangulation Hazards

    Recall Date: September 17, 2015

    Recall Number: 15-246

    Recall Summary

    Name of Product: Mobiles

    Hazard: The yarn from the sheep figures can unravel, posing an entanglement and strangulation hazard to young children.

    Remedy: Refund

    Consumers should immediately put the recalled mobiles out of the reach of children and contact The Land of Nod for a full refund.

    Consumer Contact: The Land of Nod at 800-933-9904 from 8:30 a. m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at www.landofnod.com and click on Product Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information

    Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/The-Land-of-Nod-Recalls-Mobiles/

    Recall Details

    Units: About 400

    Description: This recall involves The Land of Nod Follow the Herd mobile. The recalled mobile is made of white wool felt and has five sheep figures made of white wool yarn. The sheep have black felt eyes and brown felt ears. The mobile is about 24 inches tall, 10 inches wide and 10 inches deep. SKU number 198234 is on a label attached to the body of the mobile.

    Incidents/Injuries: The Land of Nod has received three reports of the sheep’s yarn unraveling. No injuries have been reported.

    Sold exclusively at: The Land of Nod stores nationwide and online at www.landofnod.com from September 2013 through May 2015 for about $50.

    Manufactured in: Nepal

  • 20th Heatstroke Death of the Year

    Yesterday, a 4-month-old child died in a hot car in Corpus Christi, Texas. This is the 20th heatstroke death of the year and the 5th in Texas.

    The boy’s 16-month-old sister was also left in the car, but she has survived. The two children were forgotten in the car by their father, with temperatures around 89 degrees.

    Here is the full article:

    http://www.caller.com/news/local/police-respond-to-child-left-in-vehicle-1f3d342b-0d3e-2f96-e053-0100007ff10a-325747961.html

    It has been a sad week, with two heatstroke deaths so far. It is a tragic reminder that although the summer season is officially over, temperatures remain high for weeks to come, and therefore heatstroke is still a threat to young children. Thank you for continuously pushing out heatstroke messaging throughout the fall.

  • Unintentional Injury Still The Leading Cause of Childhood Deaths Ages 1-14

    The recent AP report1 told of an accidental childhood death that should not have happened.  Noah Thomas was five years old and would have been entering first grade this week… if he were still alive.  His parents are in jail without bond for felony child neglect. Noah’s body was found, fully clothed, in a septic tank near their home in Pulaski County. The coroner’s office says Noah died March 26, 2015.  A homicide charge against the mother has been dropped. The cause of death is currently listed as “undetermined”. Hypothermia contributed to the little boy’s death.

    Unintentional injury is still the leading cause of deaths in children, ages 1 through 14 (National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.). Fourteen children have died in “hot car” deaths in the U.S. so far this year. There seems to be a trend today of parents and caregivers who are so busy or so oblivious that they forget their kids. Then there are people who don’t know how to care for young children. I do not understand when there are many ways of contraception, why people who don’t really want to take responsibility for raising children, have children at all. It has been indicated in the literature that offspring of teen mothers often become abused or neglected because the parents don’t know how to care for them.2

    Alerting young parents to raise children safely and healthfully is a daunting task. In 2003, the death of an 8-year old boy here in the Valley made an impression on me. This child suffered severe diarrhea, but his parents did not know how to care or what to do for him. He had been taken to the emergency room at least once. He was found in the shower where he had been trying to wash himself when he died. He was alone. Please ask yourselves, what these examples say about the state of child safety. Could these childhood deaths have been prevented?
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    1 “Medical Examiner Says Boy Drowned”, Associated Press, The Daily News Record, August 13, 2015, p. B3
    2 Teen Parent Child Care Quality Improvement Project, Florida State University, Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, 4/15/2005

  • Cop Smashes Window To Save Toddler From Hot Car

    July 30, 2015 – A child was left in a hot car and was rescued by a Bergen County Sheriff’s officer. Reports indicate the mother has been charged with child endangerment. YouTube video: