Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reports that Fisher-Price is recalling about 4.7 million Rock ‘n Play Sleepers due to fatality hazards.
Fatalities have been reported to have occurred in the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained or under other circumstances.
Product Information
Name of Product: All models of Rock ‘n Play Sleepers
Hazard: Infant fatalities have occurred in the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers, after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances.
Remedy: Refund
Recall Date: January 9th, 2023
Units: About 4.7 million (The original recall was announced on April 12th, 2019.)
Description: All Rock ‘n Play Sleepers
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the Rock ‘n Play immediately and contact Fisher-Price for a refund or voucher. It is illegal to sell or distribute the recalled sleepers.
Consumer Contact: Fisher-Price online at Rock ‘n Play recall or www.mattel.com and click on “Recall & Safety” or toll-free at 866.812.6518 from 9:00am to 6:00pm ET Monday through Friday for more information.
Incidents/Injuries: On April 12th, 2019, at the time the original recall was announced, over 30 fatalities were reported to have occurred in the Rock ‘n Play Sleepers after the infants rolled from their back to their stomach or side while unrestrained, or under other circumstances.
Approximately 100 deaths have reportedly occurred while infants were in the products. Fisher-Price notes that in some of the reports, it has been unable to confirm the circumstances of the incidents or that the product was a Rock ‘n Play Sleeper.
Sold At: Major stores nationwide including Walmart, Target, and online at Amazon from September 2009 through April 2019 for between $40.00 and $149.00.
Importer(s): Fisher-Price, of East Aurora, New York
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Manufactured In: China
Recall number: 23-088
About the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually.
CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC’s work to help ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
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