Bed Handles Inc. Recalls Portable Bed Handles Due to Entrapment Hazards
Bed Handles Inc. is recalling about 113,000 portable bed handles that lack safety retention straps. The missing straps allow the handles to shift, creating gaps that pose a risk of entrapment, strangulation, and death.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly reports three deaths resulting from the product's entrapment hazard, which mandates a Critical severity score per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Bed Handles Inc. is recalling approximately 113,000 adult portable bed handles that were sold without safety retention straps. The recall includes the Original Bedside Assistant (BA10W), Travel Handles (BA11W), and Adjustable Bedside Assistant (AJ1) models. These L-shaped steel handles are designed to assist adults with getting in and out of bed but can shift out of place when not secured to the bed frame.
The shifting handles can create a dangerous gap between the handle and the side of the mattress, posing a serious risk of entrapment, strangulation, and death. The company has reported three deaths associated with the product, involving women in assisted living, adult family, and managed care facilities in Minnesota and Washington. No additional deaths or injuries have been reported.
The recalled bed handles were sold for about $100 at home health care stores, drug stores, medical equipment stores, and in catalogs from January 1994 through December 2007. Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bed handles and contact Bed Handles Inc. to obtain free safety retention straps, new assembly instructions, and warning labels. The handles must be used only with the safety retention straps securely in place to prevent gaps.
The recalled product
- Product
- Portable bed handles
- Manufacturer
- Bed Handles Inc., of Blue Springs, Mo.
- Category
- Consumer Product — Bed Rails
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 113,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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