Rise in Defective Nusery Products

Rick Patterson

Attorney

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a rise in injuries due to nursery products. In fact, these various injuries sent more than 65,000 children to the ER in 2006. The increase in infant injuries is substantial. At this time, it is unknown what has caused such a sharp increase.

Deaths for which coroners listed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome as a cause were excluded. Additionally, no all injuries were due to defective products. In fact, more than 40 percent of the injuries involved falls related to nursery products, resulting in head injuries. "Don Mays, senior director of product safety and technical public policy for Consumers Union, an advocacy group, said the number of injuries connected with cribs, as well as recent large crib recalls, point to a need for new federal requirements for crib durability testing." The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, said although they are concerned about the reports regarding infant injuries or deaths they feel that the caregivers were often at fault. You can bet that went over like a lead baloon.

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