There have been two voluntary crib recalls issued by the CPSC and Delta Enterprise Corp. involving over a million drop side cribs.
The drop side of the crib can detach when the spring peg is not engaged and this poses an entrapment and suffocation risk to infants and toddlers.
According to the CPSC website, if the spring pegs in the base of each leg of the crib are pushed back into the lower track, the pegs can become nonfunctional. This can cause the drop side to detach from the crib and make a gap that can entrap an infant or toddler.
Tragically, an 8-month-old child suffocated when the drop side of his crib detached and the CPSC also knows of another incident when a child became trapped when the drop side detached due to a disengaged spring peg.
The first recall involves all Delta drop side cribs manufactured prior to 2006 that use “Crib Trigger Lock with Spring Peg” drop side hardware design. The recalled model numbers and country of origin include: 4340, 4343, 4520, 4600, 4620, 4624, 4625, 4629, 4660, 4665, 4720, 4750, 4751, 4850, 4855, 4857, 4880, 4920, 4925-2, 4925-2B, 4925-6, 4980, and 8605. The model number, country of origin and manufacture dates are located on top of the mattress support board. The recalled cribs have Delta’s name and address on the mattress support boards and Delta’s logo on the teether rail.
The cribs were made in China and were sold at major retailers nationwide from January 2000 through January 2007 for between $33 and $200.
Similar cribs currently available for sale are not included in this recall.
If you have one of these cribs, please stop using it immediately – even if you have to find somewhere else for your baby to sleep – and contact Delta at (800) 816-5304 anytime to receive a free, easy-to-install repair kit. Alternatively, you can log on to www.cribrecallcenter.com to order the kit.
The second part of the recall – to replace missing safety pegs involving 985,000 Delta drop side cribs that were manufactured in Taiwan or Indonesia, with the “Crib Trigger Lock with Safety Peg” drop side hardware design. These model number and country of origin can be found on the mattress support board label – the model numbers involved are: 4320, 4340, 4500, 4520, 4530, 4532, 4540, 4542, 4550, 4551, 4580, 4600, 4620, 4624 (production dates 01/06 thru 11/07), 4640, 4660, 4720, 4735, 4742, 4750 (production dates 01/95 thru 12/00), 4760, 4770, 4780, 4790, 4820, 4840, 4850, 4860, 4880, 4890, 4892, 4900, 4910, 4920, 4925-2, 4925-6, 4930, 4940, 4943, 4944, 4947, 4948, 4949, 4950, 4958, 4963, 4968, 4969, 4980.
These cribs have date codes ranging from 1995 through December 2005 and one model (4624) was made in 2007. The model numbers are located on the top of the mattress support board.
They were sold at major retailers, including Walmart, Kmart and Target.com from January 1995 through September 2007 for about $100 and may also be available secondhand. Cribs currently sold at retail are not involved.
Once again, please do NOT use this crib if a safety peg is missing from any crib leg. Instead, Call Delta toll-free at (1-800-816-5304) anytime or log on www.cribrecallcenter.com to order the free replacement kit. If you DO have all the safety pegs, it is still recommended that you contact Delta for the repair kit for future assembly purposes.