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Bassettbaby Crib Recall Issued Due to Entrapment Hazard Print Email
Nov. 9th 2007 - Bassettbaby is recalling some of its cribs because bolts on the top of the cribs’ guardrails can loosen, creating a gap and posing a strangulation and entrapment hazard. According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the Bassettbaby crib recall was prompted by 85 reports of bolts loosening on the recalled Bassettbaby cribs, including one report of a 13-month-old child’s hand becoming trapped between the railings of the defective product.

The Bassettbaby crib recall encompasses about 8,900 defective cribs sold at Babies ‘R Us stores through out the country. The recall involves Wendy Bellissimo Collection convertible cribs, model numbers 5945-052 and 5545-052 sold in honey and cherry finishes. The full size cribs have a sleigh design and one of the following purchase order numbers at the bottom rail of the headboard: 272903, 272904, 273904, 276728, 276729, 291081, 323975, 324472, 320318, 323976, 332883 365620, 368466 in honey, and 338535, 338537 and 332884 in cherry. The recalled Bassettbaby cribs were sold for about $500 between July 2005 and October 2007.