Last week was notable for its series of recalls of dangerous products for infants. On Friday some 40,650 drop-side cribs, sold by Kmart and Ethan Allen stores,\u00a0were recalled after several children were injured by them.<\/p>\r\n
http:\/\/www.nj.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2010\/10\/drop-side_cribs_recalled_after.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n According to a press release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Kmart recalled roughly 34,000 Heritage Collection cribs that were manufactured by Victory Land\u00a0Group of Bartlett, Ill.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n The CPSC and Victory Land have received 17 reports of incidents involving\u00a0drop-side rail detachments , with\u00a0three infants getting bruises and abrasions to their necks, backs and legs when they got trapped when the drop-side detatched.<\/p>\r\n When the crib’s drop-side detachs, it creates a space between the drop- side and the mattress\u00a0where an infact can be caught,\u00a0and possibly be\u00a0strangled or suffocated.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n http:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/cpscpub\/prerel\/prhtml11\/11020.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n Ethan Allen recalled roughly 3,250 drop-side cribs after five reports of injuries to children from drop-sides detaching. For example, one child became entrapped, two fell out of the crib and one child had a pinched hand.<\/p>\r\n