Metal Bunk Beds (Lewis Furniture) – Safety Problem (1997)

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According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Reason for Recall

As stated by CPSC

Wooden and Metal Bunk Beds Recall NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 Note: Firm phone number change, Firm out of business FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nychelle White Originally issued April 7, 1997; Revised July 9, 2001 (301) 504-7063 Release # 97-095 CPSC Announces Recall of Wooden and Metal Bunk Beds WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), five bunk bed manufacturers are recalling approximately 3,100 wooden and metal bunk beds. The bunk beds have openings on the top bunk that present a potential entrapment hazard to young children. The spaces can be large enough for a child's body to pass through, but small enough to entrap a child's head. Since November 1994, CPSC and 31 manufacturers have announced recalls of more than 511,400 wooden bunk beds with similar entrapment hazards. In response to this action, the manufacturers participating in this recall have also identified wooden and metal bunk beds with similar entrapment hazards. Since 1990, CPSC has received reports of 34 children who died from becoming caught in spaces in the top of wooden bunk beds. Thirty-three of those children were 3 years old or younger. In addition, CPSC has received reports of four children who died from becoming caught in spaces in the top of metal bunk beds. All four children were 2 years old or younger. The ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) voluntary standard for bunk beds requires that, in addition to having guardrails on both sides of the top bunk, all spaces between the guardrail and bed frame, and in the head and foot boards on the top bunk, be less than 3.5 inches. Bunk beds currently made by the companies listed below now meet the spacing requirement of the voluntary standard. The companies are also providing permanent labels or placing permanent labels on their bunk beds to warn that children under age 6 be prohibited from the upper bunk. CPSC and the manufacturers continue to urge parents and caregivers not to put children under age 6 on the top bunk. The manufacturers listed below are participating in this recall to improve the safety of these beds and to meet the requirements of the voluntary standard. Consumers should stop using the recalled beds immediately and call the company or contact the retailer for a replacement guardrail, retrofit kit, or instructions to help eliminate the potential entrapment hazard. If this cannot be done (for example, firm out of business) then consumers should discard or destroy the product. If consumers are not sure of the bunk bed manufacturer or have questions about this recall, they should call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772. Dates Company Model(s) Distributed Locations Acme Trading Corp. 2441 July 1996 - CA, CO, IL, Vernon, CA Metal Bunk Beds January 1997 NE, OK, OR, (213) 623-0000 TX Chicken & Egg Furniture Horizontal and Spindle 1987 - 1997 CA, CO, ID, Seattle, WA Rung Blakely IL, MN, MT, OUT OF BUSINESS Wooden Bunk Beds NV, OR, WA, WI IEM Furniture 2155B, 2155G, 2155W, 1994 - 1996 CA, NV, OR, City of Commerce, CA 2153B, 2153G, 2153W WA (323) 888-1688 Metal Bunk Beds Lewis Furniture Mfg. Co. 202 1989- GA, SC Williamston, SC Wooden Bunk Beds January 1997 (864) 847-4281 Silver Eagle Corp. Loft-1, CBD-Bunk-TT, 1995 - 1997 CA, NV, OR, Sacramento, CA CSH-Bunk-TT, RBD-Loft, WA (916) 925-6099 REC-Bunk-TT Wooden Bunk/Loft Beds when used in a bunk bed configuration

Recommended Action

Per CPSC guidance

The CPSC advises consumers to stop using the product. Contact the manufacturer or return the product to the place of purchase.