LaJobi Molly and Betsy Cribs Recalled for Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and LaJobi Inc. are re-announcing a recall of approximately 400 "Molly" and "Betsy" style wooden cribs. The recall was originally announced in December 2001 and is being re-issued to alert consumers who may still possess these cribs, as well as to warn thrift and second-hand stores not to sell or give them away.

The cribs have cut-outs in the end panels that can allow young children to get their heads entrapped, posing a strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers. CPSC is aware of the death of a one-year-old girl in Mississippi in 2003 whose head and neck became entrapped in the headboard cut-out of a "Betsy" style crib. No additional incidents or injuries have been reported.

The affected cribs were sold at juvenile specialty stores nationwide from May 2000 through September 2001 for approximately $700 for the Molly model and $650 for the Betsy model. Model numbers are printed inside the headboard at the bottom. Consumers should stop using these cribs immediately and contact LaJobi to receive replacement end panels that eliminate the hazard.

The recalled product

Product

Molly and "Betsy" Cribs

Manufacturer

LaJobi Inc., of Cranbury, N.J.

Category

Consumer Product — Baby Furniture

Hazard

• strangulation
• entrapment

Affected units

400

Distribution

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