The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·99085·Announced 1999-03-25

Newco Recalls Bed-N-Loft Bunk Bed Assembly Kits for Entrapment Risk

Newco is recalling Bed-N-Loft bunk bed assembly kits because missing or incorrect guardrail instructions could allow children to fall or become entrapped.

What this means for you

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 risk-of-harm product (bunk bed) with potential for serious injury (fall, entrapment, strangulation), but the source explicitly states that no injuries have been reported, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products without reported injury.

Plain-English summary

Newco Inc. is recalling approximately 5,400 Bed-N-Loft bunk bed assembly kits in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The kits, sold from January 1994 through September 1998, may lack hardware or instructions for installing guardrails on the top bunk, or contain incorrect assembly instructions that create spaces larger than 3.5 inches.

These defects pose a risk of children falling from the top bunk or becoming entrapped between the wall and the mattress. Additionally, the incorrect spacing could allow a child's body to fall through while trapping their head, potentially causing strangulation. CPSC and Newco are not aware of any injuries related to these kits.

The kits were sold for about $40 at Menards, Payless Cashways, Cotter-Miller, and Woodworker's Supply stores, mainly in the Midwest. Consumers should stop using any bunk bed assembled from this kit until it is repaired. To receive a repair kit containing proper instructions and necessary hardware, consumers should call Newco Inc. at (256) 997-5212 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday.

The recalled product

Product
Bunk Bed Assembly Kits Repair by Newco
Manufacturer
Bed-N-Loft
Category
Consumer Product — Furniture
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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