CPSC, LaJobi Reannounce 2001 Recall of Cribs Due to Entrapment and Strangulation Hazards

Recall at a glance

What was recalled

This recall involves both "Molly" and "Betsy" style wooden cribs. The end panels on the "Molly" style cribs are made of solid wood with openings on both sides. The end panels on the "Betsy" style cribs are constructed with wood slats. The model numbers are printed inside the headboard at the bottom. Molly Betsy 0101327 02 (Natural) 0101257 02 (Natural) 0101327 11 (Antique Green) 0101257 11 (Antique Green) 0101327 12 (Antique White) 0101257 12 (Antique White)

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• Molly and "Betsy" Cribs · About 400 (This recall was first announced in Dec. 2001) units

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Where it was sold

Companies named in the notice: Juvenile specialty stores nationwide from May 2000 through September 2001 for about $700 for the Molly model and $650 for the Betsy model. The cribs have not been available at retail since 2001. This re-issuance is voluntarily being undertaken to both alert consumers who may still have these cribs in their possession and to especially alert thrift stores and other similar second hand stores that these cribs should not be given away, sold or continued to be used.; LaJobi Inc., of Cranbury, N.J..

Injuries or incidents reported

CPSC is aware of the death of a one-year old girl whose head and neck became entrapped in the headboard cut-out of the "Betsy" style crib in 2003 in Mississippi, following the 2001 recall. No additional incidents or injuries have been reported.

Recall history and context

LaJobi appears in 5 CPSC recalls on record. See all LaJobi recalls.

Since 2019 CPSC has recorded 238 recalls in the baby and nursery category, 59 recalls of them in the past 12 months.

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