Graco Stroller Recall: 1.5 Million Strollers Could Amputate Baby’s Fingertips
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – More than a million strollers and hundreds of thousands of cribs are being recalled on Wednesday over safety fears. The recalls affect some of the most expensive products available for children.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Graco and Dorel Asia SRL are voluntarily recalling the hazardous products.

About 1.5 million Graco strollers are affected in the recall. It specifically includes the Graco Passage, Alano and Spree Strollers and Travel Systems The hinges on the stroller’s canopy pose a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is opening or closing the canopy. Graco has received seven reports of children placing their fingers in the stroller’s canopy hinge mechanism while the canopy was being opened or closed, resulting in five fingertip amputations and two fingertip lacerations.

The Dorel Asia manufactured crib is being recalled to replace drop side and non-drop side cribs that pose suffocation and strangulation hazards to infants and toddlers. Over 635,000 of the cribs have been sold.

According to the CPSCP the drop side hardware can fail causing the drop side to detach from the crib. When the drop side detaches it creates a space in which an infant or toddler can become entrapped and suffocate or strangle. In addition, the recalled cribs can pose a serious entrapment and strangulation hazard when a slat is damaged.

Consumers are urged to stop using the recalled cribs until replacement kits are obtained and installed.

CPSC and Dorel Asia SRL received a report of the death of 6-month old child from Cedar Rapids, Iowa who became entrapped and strangled in a crib after the drop side hardware broke. Aside from the one death numerous reports of injuries have also been reported.

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