Okla Homer Smith recalls baby cribs with brittle teething rails
Okla Homer Smith is recalling full-sized baby cribs because plastic teething rails may crack and pose a choking hazard to infants.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a choking hazard from broken pieces that could be swallowed or lodged in the windpipe, which is a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported.
Plain-English summary
Okla Homer Smith Furniture Manufacturing Co., Inc. is recalling approximately 70,000 to 80,000 full-sized baby cribs manufactured between June 1976 and December 1976. The recall involves plastic teething rails that may become brittle and crack when chewed by an infant. Broken pieces could be swallowed, become lodged in the windpipe, or cause other injuries.
The affected cribs are wooden and were sold under approximately 180 model numbers by various department and baby furniture stores across the country, including Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Montgomery Ward. The teething rails are mostly white, with about one percent being red. Consumers can identify affected units by looking for the label "OKLA HOMER SMITH FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO., INC.," on the inside of the headboard near the bottom, along with a numerical manufacturing date ink-stamped underneath the headboard for the period of June 1976 through December 1976.
Consumers should contact their retailer or Okla Homer Smith at P.O. Box 1148, Ft. Smith, Ark. 72902, to obtain free replacement rail covers. When contacting the company, consumers should be prepared to provide their names, addresses, whether the cribs are single- or double-drop-side units, and whether teething rails are present on the end panels. Replacement covers are available even if the teething rails do not currently show signs of brittleness.
The recalled product
- Product
- Okla Homer Smith full-sized baby cribs
- Manufacturer
- Okla Homer Smith
- Category
- Consumer Product — Baby Cribs
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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