Catalina Furniture Recalls Wooden Bunk Beds Due to Entrapment Hazard

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing a recall program to retrofit approximately 5,000 wooden bunk beds manufactured and distributed by Catalina Furniture Company Inc. of Fullerton, California. The recall affects Catalina Model No. 3892 bunk beds manufactured prior to January 1, 1995. These beds have openings on the top bunk that may present an entrapment hazard to young children. The spaces are large enough for a child's body to pass through but small enough to entrap the child's head.

The hazard is related to the space between the guardrail of the top bunk and the bedframe, which measures 5.5 inches on the affected models. This exceeds the 3.5-inch maximum required by the ASTM voluntary standard for bunk beds, which is designed to reduce the possibility of a child's head becoming trapped. While CPSC is not aware of any deaths or injuries specifically related to Catalina bunk beds, the Commission is aware of one incident where a three-year-old child became entrapped by the head in a Catalina Model No. 3892 bunk bed and was rescued without injury. From 1990 through 1994, CPSC received reports of 24 children who died after becoming caught in bunk beds that posed a similar entrapment hazard.

Consumers who own a Catalina bunk bed Model No. 3892 should contact the retailer where the bed was purchased or contact Catalina Furniture at (714) 523-7000 for a kit that will reduce the size of the spaces in the bunk beds. Catalina has redesigned its Model No. 3892 bunk beds so that beds manufactured after January 1, 1995, comply with the ASTM standard. CPSC and Catalina urge parents and caregivers not to put children under age 6 on the top bunk.

The recalled product

Product

Catalina Furniture Company wooden bunk beds

Manufacturer

Catalina Furniture

Category

Consumer Product — Furniture

Hazard

• entrapment

Distribution

Related recalls