NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 21, 2005
Release #06-058

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 784-1982
Firm's Media Contact: Tricia Ryan, (973) 316-1665
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

CPSC, Simplicity Inc. Announce Recall of Graco Branded Aspen Cribs for
Suffocation Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Aspen 3 in 1 Cribs, sold under the Graco Trademark

Units: About 104,000

Manufacturer: Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa.

Hazard: The screws on the wooden mattress support can come loose
allowing a portion of the mattress to fall, posing a suffocation hazard
to young children.

Incidents/Injuries: Simplicity Inc. has received 14 reports of the
mattress support coming loose, including eight reports of entrapment.
Five injuries have been reported including scratches and bruises to the
face and head, a strained neck and a report of a child turning blue.

Description: The recalled cribs are made of wood and have a wooden
mattress support. Only cribs with wooden mattress supports and with
model number 8740KCW SC and serial number 2803 SC to 1605 are included
in this recall. The model and serial number are printed on the envelope
attached to the mattress support.

Sold at: Department stores, and children's product stores from August
2003 through May 2005 for about $130.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should call Simplicity Inc. to receive a retrofit
kit.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Simplicity Inc.
at
(800) 784-1982 anytime or visit the Web site at
www.simplicityforchildren.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the
recalled product, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06058.html

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more
than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents
cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed
to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,
electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The
CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys,
cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -
contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of
deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30
years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's
hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270,
or
visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email
subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp. Consumers
can
obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.

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