In June of this year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the 5 new federal requirements for increasing safety in and around cribs. The requirements must be followed by all companies who import, distribute, produce, and sell cribs on the local and national levels.
The CPSC had previously voted for safer crib standards back in December of 2010 and succeeded in creating a newly revised and even more rigorous set of crib safety policies that debuted in June.
Child care centers, hotels, motels, and rental facilities will also have to comply with the new crib safety requirements starting in December 2012.
Here are the CPSC’s 5 new requirements for safer cribs:
- Drop-side cribs can no longer be made or sold and repair kits for these types of cribs are not allowed
- Wooden slats in the cribs are required to be made of more durable wood in order to prevent splintering from wear
- Hardware for cribs must now have an anti-loosening mechanism to prevent the hardware from becoming loose over time or from falling off
- Supports for the crib’s mattress are required to be stronger and more durable
- Safety testing for cribs will be significantly more comprehensive
Since 2007, the CPSC has issued recalls for over 11 million cribs that were determined to be dangerous for a variety of reasons. The recalled cribs had posed risks that included entrapment, suffocation and strangulation hazards, as well as injuries that infants suffered from hardware on certain cribs.
In addition, there have reportedly been 32 infant deaths linked to drop-side cribs since 2000, due to infants who suffocated or who were strangled while inside a drop-side crib.
The CPSC is enforcing these new requirements in a dedicated effort to prevent any more of these tragedies.
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